Mom's Raw Grief: Hersh's Hostage Story

0:00Hirsch Goldberg Poland, a 23-year-old taken hostage during the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7th, 2023, spent nearly a year in Gaza tunnels before he and five others were killed by their captors in August 2024. His mom, Rachel Goldberg Poland, just released her new book called When We See You Again, laying out the raw pain of losing him without any need ending, or blame game. While held captive, Hirsch drew strength from Holocaust survivor Victor Frankl's words about having a why to endure anyhow. Rachel turned that into her fight, hitting media everywhere, meeting President Joe Biden, speaking at the Democratic National Convention and leading, protests in Israel to push for hostage deals. Postes of Hirsch's face popped up nationwide, making him a symbol of the crisis that grabbed 251 people and sparked a war killing. Over 70,000 Palestinians before ceasefire freed the survivors. Rachel keeps him real in the book,

1:00sharing kids' stories like his obsession with U.S. Presidents or his love for Jerusalem soccer, not turning him into a myth. The book pours out her unfiltered grief, born from bursts of writing just to survive each moment and her frustration when folks ask how she's doing, without seeing her pain. She highlights a shared suffering where people stand with her in loss rather than fix it. Rachel's still hunting her own why, but she's clear it's not over. She'll carry Hirsch's around the world, turning personal agony into a call for others, to feel and face the blue of deep hurt. This has been Canada News Today, powered by AI.