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Rachel Goldberg-Polin

American-Israeli activist

Rachel Goldberg-Polin

Goldberg-Polin: the number taped to her shirt refers to the number of days her son was being held hostage, dating the photo to November 27, 2023.

Born

Rachel Goldberg


1969 (age 55–56)

United States

Citizenship
Alma materBrandeis University
OccupationActivist
Known forIsrael–Hamas war hostage crisis activism
SpouseJonathan Polin
Children3, including Hersh

Rachel Goldberg-Polin (Hebrew: רייצ׳ל גולדברג-פולין; born 1969) is an American-Israeli activist. During the hostage crisis which began with the 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel in 2023, Goldberg and her husband became two of the highest profile relatives of Israeli hostages advocating for their release on the world stage, meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and Pope Francis, among other world leaders.

She began her activism after her son Hersh Goldberg-Polin was abducted by Hamas while attending the Re’im Music Festival. Hersh was murdered by Hamas in August 2024, and his body w

Rabbi Rachel Goldenberg

After more than a decade serving wonderful established pulpits, Rachel (she/her) moved back to the urban core of New York City to form an open, outreach-driven community around authentic, yet experimental, ecstatic and contemplative Jewish spiritual practices.

Our vision is to transform Jewish people, fellow travelers and the world by creating connections to each other, to the One and to our greater community. We practice ecstatic, musical, and contemplative prayer, mindfulness meditation through a Jewish lens, study of Jewish sources, and social justice work.

About Rachel

(pronounced Ra-khel רחל )

Influenced by her training through the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, she teaches mindfulness meditation and chant-based prayer in order to open our hearts to one another and to the Divine. She also teaches Torah through the lens of mindfulness. These practices of prayer and study also move us to recognize our own suffering and that of others, and to engage in social justice from a place of compassion.

Rabbi Goldenberg receiv

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