About this episode

Rachel and Jon Goldberg-Polin discuss their understanding of grief following the murder of their son Hersh by Hamas.

Rachel and Jon Goldberg-Polin talk with Anderson Cooper about their evolving understanding of grief since the murder of their son Hersh by Hamas after 328 days in captivity. For more of “All There Is with Anderson Cooper” visit cnn.com/allthereis. Host: Anderson Cooper Showrunner: Haley Thomas Producers: Grace Walker, Emily Williams, Madeleine Thompson, Stephen Samaniego Associate Producer: Kyra Dahring Video Editor: Eric Zembrzuski Technical Director: Dan Dzula Bookers: Kerry Rubin and Kari Pricher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Anderson Cooper

Guests: Rachel Goldberg-Polin, Jon Goldberg-Polin

Topics covered

• grief
• loss
• family
• understanding
• trauma
• violence

Keywords

• grief
• Hersh
• Hamas
• loss
• family
• trauma
• understanding
• violence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hamas, CNN Podcasts

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