The blood of Mumbai’s kedoshim will never be forgotten!

Dear Friend,

Last week’s attacks in Mumbai hit the Jewish world like a gunshot to the heart. The hatred; the brutality; the viciousness were in no way directed only at the innocent souls in India’s Chabad House. They were directed at every Jew in every corner of the world.
The terrorists were given clear directives. They were to target Americans, Britons, and Jews. And though the murderers spared no mercy for any of their victims, they reserved their most brutal treatment for the Jews. Doctors who examined the Chabad House victims post mortem were astounded at the extent of the torture they had obviously endured.
One doctor said, “It was very strange. I have seen so many dead bodies in my life, and was yet traumatized. A bomb blast victim’s body might have been torn apart and could be a very disturbing sight, but the bodies of the victims in this attack bore such signs about the kind of violence of urban warfare that I am still unable to put my thoughts to words.”
In truth, no one can adequately put to words the pain we suffer today. And when the Jewish people are left without words, they must turn to actions.
I am asking you to act on behalf of one of the victims – Rabbi Benzion Kruman of Bat Yam, Israel, and help create a fund to support his family.
Rabbi Kruman, 28, went to Mumbai as a kosher supervisor. As such, he was away from home much of the time. He endured lengthy flights to countries around the world, subsisted on canned food, and braved often-hostile environments – all so that his fellow Jews would have kosher food. He dedicated his life to the Jewish people - and he gave his life as its representative. He was killed only because he was a Jew.
Now the Jewish people must take his place, and ensure the future and wellbeing of his young wife and three children.
The children are very young – and may never remember their wonderful father. But they will learn about his sacrifice – details of which are only beginning to emerge.
 They will hear that their father gave his life al Kiddush Hashem, in shul, as he prayed the Mincha service.
 They will hear that their father was tortured and gunned down in cold blood, with senseless brutality and hatred.
 And they will hear that the shots that were fired at their father were truly shots heard round the world – that all the world wept for him and for them, his orphaned children.
Let the children hear one more thing. Let them hear that they were never for a moment abandoned to their fate as orphans – that the Jewish people fought hatred with love; and cruelty with compassion. Let them hear that together we mourned, and together we rose to ensure their futures.
Under the leadership and guidance of esteemed leaders of the Jewish community, we have formed the Kruman Foundation, to support the widow and orphans of Rabbi Benzion Kruman. We urge you to demonstrate your solidarity, and to take action in this terrible time, by sending a large contribution to the foundation. This is the Jewish response to tragedy. Please send as much as you can, today.
Sincerely,

P.S. As this letter goes to print, the bodies of the kedoshim, the holy martyrs, are being flown to Israel for burial. The Kruman children will not greet the smiling father they loved. Instead, they will greet his bullet-riddled tortured body, and escort him on his final journey. Your contribution today will not ease their pain today, because nothing – nothing in the world – can comfort them in face of such raw sorrow. But it will bring them peace of mind in the future.


Make your Donations here www.krumanfoundation.org