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Three years after October 7, Erin sits down with Pesi Gordon Roth for one of the most difficult and important conversations ever featured on The Erin Molan Show.
Pesi was just eight years old when her big sister, Malki Roth, was murdered in the 2001 Sbarro suicide bombing in Jerusalem.
More than two decades later, tragedy struck her family again.
After the October 7 Hamas attacks, Pesi’s husband, IDF reservist Master Sgt. Naftali Yonah Gordon, was called back to serve. On December 7, 2023, he was killed while fighting in Gaza.
Their two little girls were just one and a half and three and a half years old.
In this extraordinarily moving conversation, Pesi takes Erin through memories no family should ever have to live with: waiting for her sister to come home, the morning October 7 changed everything, watching Naftali leave his daughters to return to the IDF, the emotional goodbyes before he entered Gaza, the knock at the door on the first night of Hanukkah, and the impossible task of telling two tiny girls that their Abba was never coming home.
It is a heartbreaking story. But it is one the world needs to hear.
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Erin would like to thank David and the entire team at the IDF Widows & Orphans Organization for the extraordinary work they do supporting women like Pesi, her daughters, and so many other families of Israel’s fallen.
The organization provides emotional, financial and educational support to widows and children who have lost loved ones serving Israel.
The need since October 7 has been enormous.
If you are able to support their work, please do:
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⏱️ CHAPTERS
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00:00 The Story The World Cannot Look Away From
01:27 Pesi Gordon Roth Joins Erin
02:20 Remembering Her Big Sister Malki
05:11 The Terror Attack That Changed Her Family Forever
07:13 What Losing Malki Did To Her Family
09:06 October 7: “Did A War Just Break Out?”
12:45 The Message Calling Her Husband To Serve
13:26 “Wait. Say Bye To The Girls.”
13:59 The Day Life As They Knew It Ended
15:54 Lev HaOlam
17:34 Two Months Later, The Unthinkable Happens Again
18:03 Every Goodbye Could Have Been Their Last
19:30 The First Night Of Hanukkah
20:47 The Knock At The Door
22:36 Her Little Girls Cry For “Abba”
24:06 How Do You Explain Death To A Toddler?
26:31 Keeping Their Father Alive In Their Hearts
28:45 When The Grief Hits Her Hardest
29:37 The Pain Of Raising Their Girls Without Him
32:06 Pesi On The World’s Reaction After October 7
33:31 “We Only Have One Home”
34:19 Erin’s Final Words To Pesi
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