Local places of worship are offering prayers as families with Bay Area ties anxiously await updates on their loved ones.
Rabbi Mendel Weinfeld emphasized that the current situation in Israel is a circumstance that Jews have known all too well throughout history.
He noted that Jews worldwide share a deep bond, and gathering during times of is a source of strength and sustains faith. While prayers are offered in the Bay Area, in Israel, the family of a 23-year-old Berkeley-born man is speaking out. Hersh Goldberg-Polin was at a music festival when he lost his arm in a recent attack and was subsequently taken hostage by Hamas, his family said.The parents of a Berkeley-born 23-year-old spoke publicly Tuesday in Israel hoping that their son would return home safely after his arm was blown off and he was taken hostage.
Goldberg-Polin's parents also shared that eyewitnesses have recounted how their son and his friend helped others to survive in a bomb shelter.
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