The Chicago area is mourning the death of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin. Illinois’ senators called for an Israel-Hamas war ceasefire.
The family of Hersh Goldberg-Polin confirmed the death of the Israeli-American hostage Saturday. His parents spoke at the Chicago DNC earlier this month.
The family of Hersh Goldberg-Polin confirmed the death of the Israeli-American hostage Saturday. His parents spoke at the Chicago DNC earlier this month.
The family of Hersh Goldberg-Polin confirmed the death of the Israeli-American hostage Saturday. His parents spoke at the Chicago DNC earlier this month.
The family of Hersh Goldberg-Polin confirmed the death of the Israeli-American hostage Saturday. His parents spoke at the Chicago DNC earlier this month.
SKOKIE, Ill. People in Illinois are mourning Sunday after the family of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin announced the young man’s death.
His parents are originally from the Chicago area.
For the congregation of a Skokie synagogue, word of the death of Goldberg-Polin was personal and painful. For almost a year, they’ve supported his family through the agonizing ordeal.
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Goldberg-Polin, 23, was seized by militants at a music festival in southern Israel on Oct. 7.
“We believed that this would end differently”, said Rabbi Zvi Engel of the Congregation Or Torah in Skokie. “We hoped. In this very hall, we prayed.”
Rabbi Engel is among many mourning the death Goldberg-Polin. The 23-year-old’s paternal grandmother is a member of his synagogue.
“She said that she was really focused on trying to make sure that they could make it to Jerusalem, to pay their respects, to be together as a family”, Engle said.
