Mr. Galsurkar added, ?We will have to impress on the political and police authorities to protect Jewish institutions and not to ignore them because we?re such a small minority. It will be much more helpful if everyone knows that the police and the authorities are closely monitoring our institutions than having a guard on the door. What could a guard do against people like this??
Indian Jewish Federation Chairman Jonathan Solomon, who was chairman of ORT India from 1986 to 2000, confirmed that this was the first time that terrorists, who have staged several spectacular and deadly operations in Mumbai in recent years, targeted the tiny Jewish minority, leaving it with a greater sense of vulnerability.
Mr. Solomon said that relations with India?s Muslim communities were traditionally cordial. He feared that this atrocity marked the importation of an anti-Jewish ideology that may pave the way for further attacks by foreign terrorists or poison the minds of some local Muslims. |
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