KFAR CHABAD , Israel ( CNN ) -- Thousands of mourners and emissaries from the ultra-Orthodox Jewish Chabad movement poured into an Israeli village Tuesday for the funerals of two people killed in the Mumbai terrorist attacks . Israeli girls mourn Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivkah , who were killed in the Mumbai attacks . There was a feeling of pain and anger at the funeral in Kfar Chabad , a village of 900 families just outside Tel Aviv . Speeches at the funeral said the gunmen sought out the Chabad House in Mumbai and targeted the victims because of their faith . The two people laid to rest Tuesday were Chabad House directors Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife , Rivka . They lived and worked at the house in Mumbai , which served as both a home and Jewish center -- a place open to anyone who wanted a place to pray , eat kosher food , or celebrate Jewish holidays . Three former Israeli prime ministers were at the funeral : Ehud Barak , who is now the defense minister ; Shimon Peres , currently the Israeli president ; and Benjamin Netanyahu , leader of the Likud Party . Watch Israeli funerals for those killed in Mumbai » . After the funeral , the bodies of the Holtzbergs were buried on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem . Another victim from Chabad House , kosher supervisor Rabbi Leibish Teitelbaum of New York , was buried there earlier . Separate funerals were held for Teitelbaum and another kosher supervisor at Chabad House , American-Israeli Rabbi Bentzion Kruman . They died in the siege along with Israeli grandmother Yocheved Orpaz and Mexican citizen Norma Shvarzblat Rabinovich . The building , also known as the Nariman House , was the local headquarters of the Chabad community , a Hasidic Jewish movement . The Holtzbergs had two children , one of whom was in the house when terrorists stormed in . A woman who worked as a nanny and cook at the house managed to escape with the 2-year-old boy , Moshe . Watch report about nanny saving infant » . The couple 's other son was not in Mumbai at the time , according to Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky , chairman of the educational and social services arms of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement . The child has Tay-Sachs , a terminal genetic disease , The Associated Press reports . In an emotional scene before flying from India to Israel on Monday , the boy repeatedly cried for his mother at a memorial ceremony at a Mumbai synagogue . His cries were played repeatedly on Israeli TV stations . `` You do n't have a mother who will hug you and kiss you , '' Rabbi Kotlarsky said , adding that the community would take care of the boy , AP said . `` You are the child of all of Israel . '' The only other surviving member of the family , Moshe 's brother , has Tay-Sachs , a terminal genetic disease , and is institutionalized in Israel , AP added . The Holtzbergs ' eldest son died of the disease . The Holtzbergs went to Mumbai five years ago to serve the city 's small Jewish community and the thousands of Israeli visitors and business people who frequent the area , according to Chabad.org , the ultra-Orthodox group 's Web site . About 5,000 Jews live in India , according to the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise . About 3,000 of them live in Mumbai , The Jewish Press reported . iReport.com : Share tributes to those who died . The Holtzbergs operated a synagogue and taught Torah classes . The rabbi also conducted weddings for local Jewish couples . Gavriel Holtzberg , 29 , was born in Israel and moved to Brooklyn , New York , when he was 9 . He studied in New York and Argentina and traveled to Thailand and China as a rabbinical student . His wife , Rivka , 28 , was a native of Israel . In Mumbai , they ran the headquarters of the Chabad community , a Hasidic Jewish movement . The center , in a building known as the Nariman House , was open to anyone who wanted a place to pray , eat kosher food or celebrate Jewish holidays . In footage filmed two years ago by the Chabad movement , Gavriel Holtzberg said anybody who visited the center was welcome . His wife said its doors were always open and that it was not unusual to have 30 people for dinner . The Chabad-Lubavitch movement was formed more than two centuries ago in Russia . The organization says 4,000 full-time emissary families now direct more than 3,300 Chabad institutions around the world . Kruman was in India to help Teitelbaum supervise a mushroom packing plant under kosher certification , the Chabad Web site said . He grew up in Israel and in the past year had visited China once a month to supervise food packaging plants there . Kruman often visited the Chabad House in Beijing , the organization said , and survived the May earthquake in China 's Sichuan Province . He leaves behind a widow and three children . CNN 's Paula Hancocks contributed to this report . Copyright 2008 CNN . All rights reserved.This material may not be published , broadcast , rewritten , or redistributed . Associated Press contributed to this report .
Thousands attend services in Israel of the people killed in Mumbai attacks . Three former Israeli prime ministers attend rabbi 's service . Rabbi and wife killed ; Rabbi 's nanny helps couple 's 2-year - old son to escape .