{"id":283927,"date":"2025-10-07T12:11:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/283927\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T12:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:11:13","slug":"oct-7-remembrances-to-be-held-today-in-nyc-as-families-and-survivors-hold-out-hope-for-ceasefire-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/283927\/","title":{"rendered":"Oct. 7 remembrances to be held today in NYC, as families and survivors hold out hope for ceasefire deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remembrances are being held around the New York City area<\/a> Tuesday marking two years since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel<\/a> that sparked the war in Gaza<\/a> and continues to reverberate across the Middle East<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

More than 10,000 people are expected to gather on Central Park’s Great Lawn to commemorate the day. As they remember the victims, it’s also the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, a time that’s typically devoted to peace and reflection.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It’s a unique brand of torment”<\/p>\n

Two years later, the memory remains vivid for many. Hamas militants launched an unprecedented attack on Israel<\/a>, killing more than 1,200 people that day and taking more than 250 others hostage.<\/p>\n

For survivors<\/a> and families of the victims, the pain has never gone away. Rachel Goldberg Polin said her son, Hersh, was captured and killed by Hamas at the Nova Music Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Rachel Goldberg Polin says her son, Hersh, was captured and killed by Hamas at the Nova Music Festival on Oct. 7, 2023.<\/p>\n

Family handout<\/p>\n

“I think, when it’s a child, it’s a unique brand of torment,” she told CBS News New York. “You don’t get better, because when you’re broken in a certain way, you just have to learn how to live with that brokenness.”<\/p>\n

She said she still has conversations with her son.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I say, ‘Good morning, my sweet boy. Let me feel your love and your light today. No more pain, just love and strength,” she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hope for a deal to release the hostages<\/p>\n

As commemorations are being held across Israel and in Jewish communities around the world, many say the day feels especially touching as it serves as a reminder of the ongoing hope for peace<\/a>, even amid sadness.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Goldberg Polin said she believes a deal to release the hostages<\/a> is closer than ever but she also remembers the suffering civilians in Gaza<\/a> are going through.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“If you only cry when one side’s babies die, it means your moral compass is broken, and therefore, your humanity is broken,” she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Israelis and Jews are being called to not only look back on the Oct. 7 tragedy but to forward toward healing and peace.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sukkot is set to begin at 3 p.m., a powerful reminder that even in the face of tragedy, hope and strength remain.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Elijah Westbrook<\/a><\/p>\n

Elijah Westbrook is an Emmy award-winning journalist. He joined CBS News New York in January 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Remembrances are being held around the New York City area Tuesday marking two years since the Oct. 7,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":283928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,18061,4527,99,5249,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-283927","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-central-park","10":"tag-hamas","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-manhattan","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkcity","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115332821708442376","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}