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SUMMARY:738 Days in Gaza: From Darkness to Light
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 t="738 Days in Gaza: From Darkness to Light" src="
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 nston.com/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/images/
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 3px\;" /></p>\n \n <p><strong>A Chanukah evening w
 ith freed hostage Bar Kupershtein</strong><br />\n
  Monday\, December 7\, 2026 · 7:00 PM<br />\n Evan
 ston location provided to registered guests</p>\n 
 \n <p>When the attack began\, he didn’t run. He we
 nt back into the gunfire. Then he spent 738 days i
 n Hamas captivity. This Chanukah\, Bar Kupershtein
  tells his story in Evanston.</p>\n \n <p>On the m
 orning of October 7\, 2023\, Bar was working as de
 puty security officer at the Nova music festival. 
 Again and again he rode an ATV into the fire\, eva
 cuating the wounded and giving lifesaving care\, u
 ntil he was taken hostage himself.</p>\n \n <p>For
  the next 738 days he was held in Hamas captivity 
 in Gaza\, with little food\, no sunlight\, and reg
 ular beatings. Back home\, his family fought for h
 is release while millions prayed. His mother start
 ed a campaign that sent his own tefillin to young 
 people around the world\, each one put on as a mer
 it for his return. Bar says his own prayers in cap
 tivity were what kept him going.</p>\n \n <p>On Oc
 tober 13\, 2025\, Bar came home with the last grou
 p of living hostages.</p>\n \n <p>On the fourth ni
 ght of Chanukah\, a night when we add light to the
  world\, Bar will share his story in person\, in h
 is own words. We’ll hear from someone who held on 
 to that light in the darkest place imaginable.</p>
 \n \n <p><strong>Tickets</strong><br />\n General 
 admission · $36<br />\n Pre-Event VIP Reception wi
 th Bar Kupershtein · $180</p>\n \n <p>Seats are li
 mited\, so reserve early.</p>\n \n <p><a href="htt
 ps://www.jewishevanston.com/civicrm/event/register
 ?reset=1&id=19"><strong>Reserve your seat</strong>
 </a></p>\n \n <p>Part of the <strong>Regina Fayman
  Lecture Series</strong><br />\n Presented by Jewi
 sh Learning Foundation & Chabad Community Center E
 vanston<br />\n Questions? Call 312.714.4655 or em
 ail <a href="mailto:meir@jewishevanston.com">meir@
 jewishevanston.com</a>.</p>\n \n <p><img alt="Bar 
 Kupershtein" src="https://www.jewishevanston.com/s
 ites/www.jewishevanston.com/files/civicrm/persist/
 contribute/images/Bar%20Kupershtein%20new%20versio
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DESCRIPTION:\n \n \n \n A Chanukah evening with freed hostage 
 Bar Kupershtein\n \n Monday\, December 7\, 2026 · 
 7:00 PM\n \n Evanston location provided to registe
 red guests\n \n \n \n When the attack began\, he d
 idn’t run. He went back into the gunfire. Then he 
 spent 738 days in Hamas captivity. This Chanukah\,
  Bar Kupershtein tells his story in Evanston.\n \n
  \n \n On the morning of October 7\, 2023\, Bar wa
 s working as deputy security officer at the Nova m
 usic festival. Again and again he rode an ATV into
  the fire\, evacuating the wounded and giving life
 saving care\, until he was taken hostage himself.\
 n \n \n \n For the next 738 days he was held in Ha
 mas captivity in Gaza\, with little food\, no sunl
 ight\, and regular beatings. Back home\, his famil
 y fought for his release while millions prayed. Hi
 s mother started a campaign that sent his own tefi
 llin to young people around the world\, each one p
 ut on as a merit for his return. Bar says his own 
 prayers in captivity were what kept him going.\n \
 n \n \n On October 13\, 2025\, Bar came home with 
 the last group of living hostages.\n \n \n \n On t
 he fourth night of Chanukah\, a night when we add 
 light to the world\, Bar will share his story in p
 erson\, in his own words. We’ll hear from someone 
 who held on to that light in the darkest place ima
 ginable.\n \n \n \n Tickets\n \n General admission
  · $36\n \n Pre-Event VIP Reception with Bar Kuper
 shtein · $180\n \n \n \n Seats are limited\, so re
 serve early.\n \n \n \n Reserve your seat\n \n \n 
 \n Part of the Regina Fayman Lecture Series\n \n P
 resented by Jewish Learning Foundation & Chabad Co
 mmunity Center Evanston\n \n Questions? Call 312.7
 14.4655 or email meir@jewishevanston.com (mailto:m
 eir@jewishevanston.com).\n \n \n \n \n \n 
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