Oren Rosenfeld, a Jewish filmmaker, and producer, is accompanying Moshe Holtzberg, 11, on his three-day trip to Mumbai, where he is filming a documentary about the city’s Jewish community. Moshe, his nanny Sandra Samuel, and the 26/11 terror assault, which killed 166 people in Mumbai in 2008, are featured prominently in his documentary.
Rosenfeld has been filming for the film for the past three years, and it is set to be finished by the end of this year. He’ll be shooting in Mumbai till January 27 before returning to Israel. While looking for entrepreneur Eddna Samuel, who organized an event to commemorate the 2008 attack, Rosenfeld came into Chabad House, a Jewish community center.
“Israel has at least 33,000 Indian immigrants. Many of them continue to return to India for celebrations, weddings, and to keep in touch with loved ones who live there. I’ve seen Jews who have come from other nations, but they don’t return to their homelands,” Rosenfeld explained.
