Members of Boston’s Jewish community gathered Sunday in a small park in Newton Centre, same as they have for most Sundays in the last year. They were there to mourn the victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel and call for the release of those still held in captivity.
Behzad Dayanim of Newton plays music during a gathering in Newton to show support for Jewish hostages captured by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attack.
Brophy lives in Roxbury. She said she's been coming to this weekly gathering each Sunday since January. Goldberg-Polin was among the six dead Hamas-held hostages whose bodies were recovered in Gaza last month. Behzad Dayanim led the crowd in singing a traditional Jewish prayer ‘Acheinu,’ as an expression of solidarity with the captives.
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