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In London, Remembering Dead Israelis Comes with a Security Check
The Moment Music Stood Still: The Nova Music Festival Exhibition immerses visitors in the recreated festival site. (Kevin Moran)
The Nova Music Festival Exhibition’s debut became a stark illustration of modern Jewish life in Europe, where even commemorating Israeli victims demands intense security and public caution.
By Josh Kaplan
05.22.26 — Antisemitism
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Earlier this week, just as there was a rare moment of sunshine in London, I descended a flight of stairs into a basement. There, in the dark, I shuddered as the sound of gunfire ricocheted around me, recoiled as screams of innocent people rang out, and paused in moments of solemn reflection at the sheer scale of death perpetrated at the Nova Festival on October 7.

The Nova Music Festival Exhibition, an immersive and heartbreaking spectacle, first opened in New York nearly two years ago and has since traveled to cities all across the world. On May 20 it opened in London, arriving under a cloud of darkness: a tsunami of antisemitism plaguing the city, kick-started by the very same monstrous acts the exhibition memorializes.

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Josh Kaplan
Josh Kaplan is digital editor at The Free Press, based in London. He was previously Head of Digital at The Jewish Chronicle.
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