Goldberg-Polin makes 'USA Today' Women of the Year list

(JNS) - Rachel Goldberg-Polin, the mother of a hostage murdered in Gaza, was selected to feature in USA Today's "2026 Women of the Year" list, in which she recounted how her personal grief is touching tens of thousands of strangers worldwide.

"I'm trying very hard to own and greet the grief that I feel every single day, in a way of actually thinking of it as a privilege. I had this beautiful son. He was and he is a blessing," she wrote.

Her son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, was held hostage by Hamas for 328 days in underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip, in the wake of his abduction from the Super...