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MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – One year after Hamas terrorists attacked an Israeli music festival, Madison’s Jewish community is mourning those killed.
The Jewish holidays Rosha Shona and Yom Kibur are meant to be days of reflection and celebration, but this year October 7th is also a day of remembrance. The 2023 Hamas attack on the Tribe of Nova Trance music festival still haunts Temple Beth El Rabbi Jonathan Prosnit.
“Never in my worst nightmare could I have imagined this attack on Israel and the Jewish people,” he said. “It’s going to be a very sad day. The idea of resilience is that we do this together. It’s really important to come together.”
Rabbi Prosnit said the only way he and others in the Jewish community have gotten through this crisis is through community.
“That’s what we do as Jews,” he said. “You can’t be Jewish alone. Even in the best of times to be Jewish, you can’t be Jewish alone. You need other people around you, and also When you’re in your deepest grief, you need others around you.”
One year after Hamas attack on music festival, Madison’s Jewish community mourns (Marcus Aalsvold)
Alan Krugman, executive director of the Jewish Federation of Madison, added that he believes anti-Semitism is on the rise and has increased since the music festival attack.
“It’s very difficult. It’s scary. We’re worried about our children,” Krugman said. “We are living through this suffering, it will not go away, the pain will not go away, and it will not go away until the bloodshed is over and we know what happened to each and every hostage left behind” in Gaza. ”
Krugman and Rabbi Prosnit said it’s important for non-Jewish Madison community members to reach out to their friends and let them know what they’re thinking.
Temple Beth El will hold a private service Monday night for people to grieve together.
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