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Chabad at UNF hosts memorial for those killed on Oct. 7 in Israel

An attendant walks through a mural with portraits of the victims at the site of the Nova music festival, where hundreds of revelers were killed and abducted by Hamas and taken into Gaza, on the one-year anniversary of the attack, near Kibbutz Reim, southern Israel, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Shalit) (Ariel Schalit, Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Chabad at the University of North Florida hosted a memorial service to commemorate the 1,200 people killed on Oct. 7, 2023, in Israel on Monday.

Watch the full event below.

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The service took place between the Jewish High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, which is traditionally a time of atonement and introspection.

The event featured a recitation of Psalms, prayers for the return of the hostages, and stories of resilience from guest speaker Menachem Kalmenson, who was the recipient of Israel’s highest civic honor this year for saving over 100 civilians from harm on Oct. 7, 2023.


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