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.
