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housands of 
music and arts 
fans gathered 
to celebrate life and 
music in Re’im 
Israel at the Nova 
Music Festival. At 
sunrise on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, 
6:29 a.m., the peaceful music 
festival was brutally and abruptly 
disrupted as thousands of Hamas 
terrorists invaded Israel and 
murdered 1,200 innocent civil-
ians and abducted more than 250 
people. 
The dream of the Nova 
Festival did not die at the Oct. 
7 massacre. The Moment Music 
Stood Still: The Nova Music 
Festival Exhibition, created 

and directed by Reut Feingold 
and organized by the Nova 
Music Festival’s producers, pays 
homage to the festival attendees, 
including the 410 murdered by 
Hamas, the 22 hostages who 
remain in captivity and the 
3,750 survivors. The Exhibition 
has previously been on display 
in New York, Los Angeles and 
Philadelphia. 
The Jewish Federation of 
Detroit and The J-Detroit will 
present The Moment Music Stood 
Still: The Nova Music Festival 
Exhibition, a deeply moving 
memorial dedicated to the Oct. 
7 victims of the Nova Music 
Festival. The exhibition, on 
display from Nov. 17-24 at The J 

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Displays visitors can expect 
to see at the exhibit.

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THE DREAM OF THE 
NOVA MUSIC FESTIVAL 
DID NOT DIE WITH 

THE OCT. 7 MASSACRE.

Music Stood Still

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