A memorial prayer was held in suburban Chicago to remember the more than 170–people, including a rabbi and his wife, who were killed in Mumbai, India last week.
News 25's Michelle Mantel went back to her hometown of Skokie, Illinois to speak with a former classmate of the late Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg.

"He was a friendly person, a friendly warm person and that is the image I have of him... smiling and grinning at everyone and wherever he would go he always found someway to help other people."

Rabbi Yochanan Posner has fond memories of Rabbi Holtzberg who was killed inside Mumbai's Jewish Center in a separate attack days after gunfire in several locations.
Posner is one of the rabbis of The Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie and says the attacks hit home.

"I guess it's like in a sense I feel personally violated...like somebody walked into my sacred space and damaged my family. There's no way to explain that," said Posner.

Other Chicagoans' are just as emotional.
Sujay Shah owns a small business in Chicago but has family he feared was in danger in India.

"It's getting worse in Pakistan and it looks like in India and if they want to stop this thing the first thing they need to stop is that train between Indian and Pakistan... trains and buses," said Shah.

Shah says his background as an Indian makes the attack even more personal.

"They are hurt. We are hurt too. It's like a family."

For religious educators like Michael Rosenberg.. there's a political message people need to learn.

"We need to learn there could be politics without violence. They're could be different opinions without murder, especially the murder of innocent people," said Rosenberg.

Innocent people, like Rabbi Holtzberg, who leave family and friends behind to mourn and worry about future attacks.