A Message From Beyond the Planet of Pain: In a Land Without Sleep Rachel Goldberg Finds, During the Dread, a Sliver of Hope 

In a powerful speech, she tells the United Nations that her son Hersh, 23, lost an arm, but she doesn’t know what happened to the rest of him.

Courtesy of Rachel Goldberg via AP
Rachel Goldberg with her son Hersh Goldberg-Polin, last seen when abducted by Hamas on October 7. Courtesy of Rachel Goldberg via AP

Dressed in black, her bare face etched with determination and the indomitable will of a sleepless mother desperate to rescue her son, Rachel Goldberg spoke at the United Nations on Tuesday.

Ms. Goldberg’s son, Hersh Goldberg Polin, 23, is one of the over 200 hostages in Gaza. 

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