When Rachel Goldberg-Polin buried her son Hersh, she heard part of herself go into the ground with him. Recorded live before nearly 1,000 people at Temple Judea in Miami, Rachel joins host Noam Weissman to discuss her new memoir, sharing how writing became a way to survive unbearable grief and asking what it means to keep going when the person who was your whole world is gone. Drawing on Jewish theology, Viktor Frankl, and a prophetic journal entry Hersh wrote as a teenager, Rachel wrestles with how hope and despair can coexist.
When We See You Again, Rachel Goldberg-Polin, Jon Polin
https://whenweseeyouagainbook.com/
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
https://www.beacon.org/Mans-Search-for-Meaning-P602.aspx
A Fine Line Searching for Balance Among Mountains by Graham Zimmerman
https://www.mountaineers.org/books/books/a-fine-line-searching-for-balance-among-mountains
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