Rachel Goldberg-Polin at son Hersh's funeral: 'Finally, you're free'

(JTA) - Hersh Goldberg-Polin's mother looked almost as the world has gotten to know her when she took the podium at her son's funeral in Jerusalem.

Rachel Goldberg-Polin had her hair pulled back neatly and was wearing a crisp white shirt, the trademark piece of masking tape marking the number of days since her son and 250 others were taken hostage on Oct. 7 affixed to its breast.

But the shirt was ripped, in keeping with the Jewish tradition of rending one's clothing upon learning of the death of a loved one. And she had something new to say.

"I no longer worry about you," Rachel Goldberg-Poli...