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Chanan Tigay

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As seen in: J. The Jewish News of Northern California, BBC, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Smithsonian Magazine, GQ, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Tablet Magazine, RealClear Markets, Reader's Digest (Australia), AsiaToday
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How Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin find grace in their shattered world

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By Chanan Tigay Verified
| Jewish Telegraphic Agency Verified
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin need no introduction. Since their son, Hersh, was kidnapped from the in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, taken hostage in Gaza and, later, murdered by his captors, the American-Israeli couple have become, for many, the personification of an entire nation’s pain. They didn’t want this. They surely didn’t ask for it. “We’re the manifestation of everybody’s worst nightmare,” Rachel said.
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How Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin find grace in their shattered world

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By Chanan Tigay Verified
| AsiaToday
Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin want no introduction. Since their son, Hersh, was kidnapped from the Nova music pageant in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, taken hostage in Gaza and, later, murdered by his captors, the American-Israeli couple have develop into, for a lot of, the personification of a whole nation’s ache. They didn’t need this. They absolutely didn’t ask for it. “We’re the manifestation of all people’s worst nightmare,” Rachel mentioned.
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How an Unorthodox Scholar Uses Technology to Expose Biblical Forgeries Original

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By Chanan Tigay Verified, Franck Ferville
| Smithsonian Magazine Verified
If you spotted Michael Langlois walkingalong the Seine, in Paris, as I did one overcast morning last spring, you could be forgiven for mistaking this scholar of the ancient Middle East for the bassist in Def Leppard. He wears his long brown hair in a leonine mane, and when I caught up with him on the Pont des Arts he was sporting a pink sweater and salmon-colored pants.
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