BONUS: Rachel Goldberg-Polin, When We See You Again
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Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
I had the immense honor of interviewing Rachel Goldberg-Polin about her book When We See You Again. Rachel, USA Today's Woman of the Year and one of the TIME 100, is the mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin who was kidnapped on October 7th and later executed by Hamas. Her book is raw, beautiful, and important. A meditation on grief, love, and how to get through. Please listen. We spoke in front of 1,200 people thanks to the generosity of UJA-NYC.
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| 0:00.0 | Last night I had the incredible honor of interviewing Rachel Goldberg-Polin about her new book, |
| 0:06.0 | When We See You Again, about her late son Hirsch, who was kidnapped and murdered by Hamas. |
| 0:12.0 | Rachel was unbelievable. I was so honored to have interviewed her thanks to the generosity of UJA, |
| 0:20.0 | and I got to do this in white |
| 0:22.1 | plains in front of 1,200 people in a synagogue it was a truly holy experience |
| 0:29.4 | and one I will never ever forget the video of this is also on my YouTube |
| 0:35.7 | channel and I have clips on Instagram but I hope that you listen and learn from Rachel about hope, love, grief, life, all of the above. |
| 0:47.8 | I feel your love, and I'm deeply grateful, and I know that this community has been with us |
| 0:54.9 | from the morning of October 7th until this very second. |
| 1:00.6 | And I'm so thankful. |
| 1:02.7 | And John's so thankful. |
| 1:07.9 | Well, as I mentioned backstage, not only are you a hero to so many of us, but now you've gone ahead and written, like, the most amazing book ever. |
| 1:22.1 | Your wonders never cease. Congratulations on writing this memory keeper for all time, this transcription of pain that I will never forget, and neither will anyone who reads it. |
| 1:34.3 | I just wanted to start with a quote, if that's okay. |
| 1:39.3 | You said, what I realize now, since my heart is shattered into tiny pieces, is that it is easier to share than when it was one mighty, solid, and strong heart. |
| 1:51.0 | So please take a shard. Be careful. They are sharp. |
| 1:55.0 | So that is a warning to us of what is coming next, which is full of beauty and eloquence. |
| 2:01.6 | Rachel, why write this book, especially when it brings you so much pain to do so? |
| 2:08.6 | I think actually the problem was that I was buckling, my soul was buckling underneath the weight of the pain of losing |
| 2:23.8 | Hirsch after trying so hard. |
| 2:28.2 | And I almost felt like I was choking, like I was up to my neck, drowning in this pain and loss |
| 2:43.1 | and grief and mourning that I know many people in this room have experienced losing loved ones. |
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