An exhibition commemorating the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks in Israel has arrived in Chicago. The Nova Exhibition, created by producers of the Nova Music Festival attacked by Hamas, is aimed at providing support and visibility for survivors, who offer firsthand accounts of what they experienced that day — and how they are trying to heal.

The Nova Exhibition is now open in a space on Clybourn Avenue, running through Nov. 30.

Just inside the entrance, visitors are encouraged to view a short film giving background about Nova, a weekend-long trance music festival in the Negev desert, a few miles from the Israeli border with Gaza. The festival coincided with the Jewish high holidays, beginning on the final day of Sukkot and drawing a largely young, secular crowd of 3,000 to 4,000 people.

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