About this episode

Zibby Owens interviews Rachel Goldberg-Polin about her impactful book 'When We See You Again', reflecting on grief and resilience after personal tragedy.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Zibby Owens

Guest: Rachel Goldberg-Polin

Topics covered

• grief
• love
• resilience
• book discussion
• personal story
• Hamas
• public speaking

Keywords

• Rachel Goldberg-Polin
• When We See You Again
• grief
• Hamas
• USA Today
• TIME 100
• UJA-NYC
• book interview
• personal story

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UJA-NYC, USA Today, TIME

Books & works: When We See You Again

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