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‘Weeping for her children’: Rachel Goldberg-Polin reflects on her fight for Hersh
Corey Tusak
November 14, 2024

“We have no choice,” other than to “be hopeful,” said Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of slain hostage Hersh, sharing how she copes with the death of her son in a discussion aired on YouTube by Kehilat B’Orcha Yerushalayim (In Your Light Community Jerusalem) on Sunday. In an episode called “Rachel weeping for her children,” Rachel Goldberg-Polin spoke with Rachel Goldberg, the widow of late reservist Rabbi Avi Goldberg, Hersh’s teacher. Together, they discussed the grief caused by the Israel-Hamas War for their losses. Goldberg-Polin explained where she finds the strength to continue when asked by the emcee of the episode, Rachel Sharansky Danziger. She responded that she didn’t believe it was a choice and that her advocacy was “a primal instinct of any mother, any parent, any father.” She further commented, “It was a reflex.” READ MORE