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Hersh Goldberg-Polin

Yartzeit memorial candles flicker on a table during a memorial service for Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a Berkeley-born man held captive and killed by Hamas, at Congregation Beth Israel in Berkeley on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Sept. 3 vigils across Bay Area for slain hostages

by J. Staff September 3, 2024September 3, 2024
memorial candles burning
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Congregation Beth Israel in Berkeley mourns one of its own: Hersh Goldberg-Polin

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss September 2, 2024October 17, 2025
An undated photo of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who moved to Israel from the U.S. at the age of 7. (Photo/Courtesy-JTA-Jon Polin)
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Death of six hostages, including Berkeley’s Hersh Goldberg-Polin, confirmed

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer August 31, 2024September 5, 2024
Bella Barany, 87, a Berkeley resident who told J. she is making aliyah soon to join her daughter in Israel, flashes a smile as she holds an Israeli flag on a pedestrian overpass in Berkeley in support of the hostages in Gaza, May 5, 2024. (Photo/Ido Bartana)
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New East Bay overpass vigil — this one in Berkeley — calls attention to hostages

by Sue Fishkoff May 6, 2024May 7, 2024
Banners in Jerusalem in English and Hebrew
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In Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s Jerusalem neighborhood, video proof of life sparks ‘relief, fear, urgency’

Michele Chabin (Photo/Courtesy) by Michele Chabin May 1, 2024May 1, 2024
A protester holds a poster with a photo of 23-year-old  Hersh Goldberg-Polin as people gather with signs calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas since Oct. 7, during a rally in Tel Aviv, Oct. 28, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Jack Guez-AFP via Getty Images)
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Berkeley-born hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin seen alive in apparently recent video released by Hamas

by JTA April 24, 2024

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