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In Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s Jerusalem neighborhood, video proof of life sparks ‘relief, fear, urgency’

When Hamas released a video of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, the 23-year-old Berkeley-born Israeli held captive since Oct. 7, nowhere was the shock and relief more palpable than in the neighborhoods of southern Jerusalem where his family lives. “I was so overwhelmed with emotion to see that Hersh stayed strong and survived,” said Ariella Bernstein, who lives in the […]