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Nova Festival survivor shares harrowing story process. After making his way from the festival grounds, he managed to evade the gunfire Just after sunrise on Oct. 7, of Hamas terrorists and found 2023, Ron Segev, who was refuge in an abandoned, runamong the crowd at the Nova ning car, in which he escaped Music Festival, near Kibbutz with his brother and 11 other Re’im, Israel, looked up at the people. “This pain is still very fresh, sky, and saw rockets headed and the healing is toward him. The just the first step,” festival’s music Segev said. “We abruptly shut off, still have a long and was soon way to go, and replaced by the that’s why it’s sound of gunshots, important to underscreams and the stand what’s going shrieks of sirens. on in Israel.” Segev’s next 24 Segev is one of hours were unforover 3,450 survivors gettable, and, he of the Nova Festisays now, the rest val, each with their of his life will own account of never be the same. JeFF eiSenBeRG what happened that Just over two Co-founder, day. “There are years later, Segev, Israel Chesed Center thousands of sto39, offered a rivetries like these that ing firsthand account of his experiences as a need to be told, and people need survivor of the Oct. 7 attacks at to keep hearing them,” Jeff a commemoration last Sunday Eisenberg, the Chesed Center’s at the Israel Chesed Center in co-founder, said. More than 100 Five Towns Lawrence. Segev, who is originally from residents attended the event, Tel Aviv, spoke of the many held in conjunction with the “miracles” that not only made Marion & Aaron Gural JCC, in it possible for him to escape Cedarhurst. They listened to from the festival, but also Segev’s story and prayed for helped him saved lives in the Continued on page 3
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Golden Tornadoes host Homecoming The Lawrence High School Golden Tornadoes played their Homecoming game against the Malverne Mules at Fireman’s Field in Valley Stream last Saturday. At right, Lawrence’s varsity cheerleaders roused the crowd, which included district residents, students and faculty. Story, more photos, Page 10.
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