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Time is not a friend: Pain is everywhere in Rachel Goldberg-Polin's memoir

"When We See You Again" offers no lessons in resilience or healing. It is the story of a mother's love for her son – and a grief that will last until her final breath

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Time is not a friend: Pain is everywhere in Rachel Goldberg-Polin's memoir
Omri Herzog

Jun 7, 2026 2:53 am IDT

Jun 7, 2026 2:53 am IDT

I've been looking at pictures of Hersh Goldberg-Polin online. I searched for them to accompany the words of his mother, Rachel, who describes him at the beginning of her book: his shoulders, palms, nostrils, eyes, eyelashes. His Israeli shoe size was 46. He tried, unsuccessfully, to grow a thick beard. His eyes always looked tired. His eyebrows sprouted wildly in every direction.

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