LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW: RNS national reporter Yonat Shimron in conversation with Rachel Goldberg-Polin http://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/042926.yonat_mixdown.mp3 (RNS) — Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a 23-year-old American-Israeli, became the public face for the 251 hostages abducted by Hamas from Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, largely because of his mother’s fevered efforts to win his release. Rachel Goldberg-Polin, a native of Chicago who had moved to Jerusalem in 2008 with her family, made it her life’s mission to win Hersh’s release. Now, she’s written a book about her very private ordeal, “When We See You Again.” In it, she describes not only the agonizing 11 months during which Hersh was held hostage in Gaza, and the immense grief she carries after his killing at the hands of Hamas on Aug. 31, 2024.…