Podcast: Mother of a 23-year-old prisoner held in Gaza says Pope Francis ‘restored her confidence in humanity
On this week’s “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley are honored to welcome Rachel Goldberg, the mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, one of the prisoners taken into Gaza taking after Hamas’s slaughter at the Nova music celebration in Southern Israel on Oct. 7. Within the weeks since Hersh and 240 other prisoners were brutally seized, Rachel has met with a have of individuals, counting the pope and the president, to share her son’s story. She was thoughtful sufficient to bring that story to “Jesuitical,” and she and the has shared a moving discussion.
They discuss:
Rachel’s family life and Hersh’s enthusiasm for perusing and adventure
The final time Rachel saw Hersh on Oct. 6 and her involvement learning around the slaughter on Oct. 7
Rachel’s assembly with Pope Francis and the control of discourse in maintaining hope
How Rachel’s Jewish confidence has been challenged and served as a source of quality within the wake of incomprehensible catastrophe
