Jews around the world are marking a grim date on Tuesday: the first anniversary on the Jewish calendar of when six hostages were murdered by Hamas in captivity, shortly after the collapse of negotiations that would have freed at least some of them.
The family of Hersh Goldberg-Polin , the American-Israeli who became an international symbol of the hostages because of the tireless advocacy of his parents, is asking supporters to take action in his memory and that of the others who were killed alongside him in a Hamas tunnel in Rafah in Gaza.
“Please do something during those 24 hours to make our complicated world a bit better. It can be something big or small, quiet or loud, private or public,” the family’s Instagram account posted . “Do it in memory of the Beautiful Six, including our