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Songs in the Key of October 7

JL;DR SUMMARY Following the tragic events of October 7, 2023, at the Nova music festival, music has become a powerful medium of memorial and healing for grieving families in Israel. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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October 7Nova Music FestivalHadassah MagazineGili AdarKaddish For OriyaShireinu ChoirMemorial MusicIsraeli SongwritersYuval HalivniMusical Healing

Places mentioned

Lapid, Southern District, Israel
"When people see and think and talk and sing about Gili, it means so much to us. The Adars did hear the composition in person when it was performed again at the North American Jewish Choral Festival in Stamford, Conn., in July."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Gili was born in Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus in Jerusalem and spent two summers working with teens at Tel Yehudah, Young Judaeas national leadership camp in Barryville, N.Y., and as a counselor for American teens on Young Judaeas Year Course."
Great Neck, New York, United States
"Moin, an attorney from Great Neck, N.Y., lay awake that night thinking of what could possibly ease an iota of the Adars pain."
Barryville, New York, United States
"Gili was born in Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus in Jerusalem and spent two summers working with teens at Tel Yehudah, Young Judaeas national leadership camp in Barryville, N.Y., and as a counselor for American teens on Young Judaeas Year Course."
Zichron Yaakov, Northern District, Israel
"I lost my daughter in the most violent way, and I answered with music, said Ricardo, who lives in Zichron Yaakov."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Kaddish for Oriya, a 25-minute oratorio that she composed for soloists, choir, wind orchestra and timpani drums, debuted on October 7, 2024, at The Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv."
Givatayim, Southern District, Israel
"I thought I knew all the data on my phone, said Halivni, a pastry chef and wedding cake designer who lives in Givatayim, near Tel Aviv."
Stamford, Connecticut, United States
"The Adars did hear the composition in person when it was performed again at the North American Jewish Choral Festival in Stamford, Conn., in July."
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
"Her great-grandparents, Rabbi Binyamin and Bilhah Ricardo, were taken from their home in Amsterdam to Westerbork, Terezin and Auschwitz, where they died."
New York City, New York, United States
"Ricardo had been studying music and ethnomusicology at Hunter College in New York City when Hamas invaded Israel on October 7; she flew back to Israel the next day."

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