Hear My Story: Rob Herman

“I wish I would have had a chance to meet them and thank them – because I exist. And as I tell my kids, they exist because of people like
Hear My Story: Zahava Rendler

“My mother, my sister, my father and me, I had underground, a cellar. It’s like today, I would say a basement, but it was dark, no windows. Everybody was quiet.
Hear My Story: Whitney Austin

Whitney Austin responded to the darkest day of her life by becoming an upstander. In 2018, the wife and mother was shot 12 times as she entered a building in
Hear My Story: Helen Kaltman

For many years, Helen Kaltman did not tell her story. She said, “I just wanted to forget my childhood.” Later in life, Helen decided it was important to share her
Hear My Story: Patrice O’Neill

In 2018, the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was the site of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. In the months that followed, Patrice O’Neill brought her
Hear My Story: Ed Kruszynski

The Medic’s Wife almost didn’t get published. Author Ed Kruszynski started out writing his Dad’s story, as a medic deployed to Europe in WWII, as a family narrative only. And
Hear My Story: Dr. Albert Miller

There are many parts of Al Miller’s story worth sharing, but in this episode of Hear My Story, we lead with what could have been an inconsequential moment. Like thousands
Hear My Story: Eric Ward

Eric Ward leaves us inspired – to learn more about each other, to lean in in a spirit of curiosity, to deepen our knowledge about topics that can often feel
Hear My Story: Rosemary Oglesby-Henry

We can use any of our 24 character strengths to act as an upstander. It was the character strength of love that we chose to recognize Cincinnati social entrepreneur Rosemary
Hear My Story: Debra Messing

When you have an amazing group of upstanders to honor, you just want to celebrate! June is the Cohen Family Upstander Month at The Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust &
Hear My Story: Werner Coppel

At the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center, upstanders are everything. An upstander is someone who stands up for themselves and others, harnessing their character strengths to pursue
Hear My Story: Sister Nancy Linenkugel

A routine language arts lesson teaching the Diary of Anne Frank turned into a deeply meaningful, if unlikely, friendship. Sister Nancy Linenkugel recalls her experience as a young teacher, seeking