Nova Festival Victims' Families Oppose Religious Gathering at Memorial Site

Families of victims from the Nova music festival massacre are vehemently opposing plans by some rabbis and right-wing organizations to hold a "second Hakafot" religious gathering at the site where the October 7th attack occurred. The families argue that such a celebration would be a desecration of the memorial, comparing it to holding a similar event at the Auschwitz concentration camp or Yad Vashem.

The "second Hakafot" is a traditional Jewish ritual often held after the Sukkot holiday, involving dancing with Torah scrolls. However, the families of the Nova victims insist that the site, which witnessed the largest massacre on October 7th, should be treated with solemnity and respect, not as a venue for religious festivity.

Reports indicate that invitations for the event have been circulated by rabbis and right-wing groups in recent days. The families have vowed to prevent the gathering, emphasizing their deep distress at the prospect of the site being used for anything other than remembrance. They state that the idea of holding a "celebration" at the Nova site is unthinkable, akin to desecrating other sites of immense historical tragedy.