Rabbi Simcha Weinstein, one of my writing clients, is part of the same Chabad community in Brooklyn, where Gavriel Holtzberg grew up.

He told me yesterday via email that they are "rocked" by the murder of Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, 29 and his wife Rivkah, 28 in India.

More here.

They are asking for donations to Chabad.org, and I'm hoping some folks will support ZAKA.

(Kathy Shaidle blogs at FiveFeetOfFury.com. Her new book is The Tyranny of Nice: how Canada crushes freedom in the name of human rights -- and why it matters to Americans. Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch says, "If we had five Kathy Shaidles, there would be no stealth jihad in this country or on this continent.")