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Rachel Goldberg-Polin doesn’t know if you can handle her pain

JL;DR SUMMARY Rachel Goldberg-Polin's book "When We See You Again" offers a raw and unfiltered account of her grief following the loss of her son, Hersh, who was taken hostage and killed after being held in Gaza. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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DeathGazaRachel Goldberg PolinHostage CrisisGriefHersh Goldberg PolinJewish MourningSufferingPainWhen We See You Again

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"Goldberg-Polin told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in an interview conducted via Zoom from her home in Jerusalem."
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"when speaking weeks earlier at the Democratic National Convention in her native Chicago"
Massachusetts, United States
"she marked it without fanfare with her husband and two daughters, Hershs younger sisters, in a small synagogue on Cape Cod"
United States
"synagogues across the United States"

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