Little Moishe Holtzberg and his grandfather have been chosen to light a torch at the ceremony for the eve of Independence Day this year at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl military cemetery.
Moishe was the sole Jewish survivor of a terrorist siege and massacre at the Nariman Chabad House in Mumbai, India on November 26, 2008.
He was rescued by his Indian nanny, Sandra, who hid for hours in a closet until she spotted her chance, then raced out of the building with the 2-year-old in her arms.
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