Several events took place throughout Beverly Hills and nearby areas on the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas in Israel. At sunrise, a group of about 50 people including Beverly Hills and Los Angeles politicians commemorated the anniversary at Beverly Gardens Park, in the section temporarily renamed “October 7th Memorial Square.” It is covered with 1,400 flags, representing one person killed during the attacks. In the evening, the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles held a memorial event at the Saban Theatre.
At sunrise, the first speaker was Rabbi Jonathan Aaron, the Senior Rabbi of Temple Emanuel Beverly Hills. Holding a shofar, he stated that it would be blown at the same time that the attacks began. “As we stand here with this darkness today, we are reminded of this time in Israel one year ago when people were sleeping in their beds…”
