Aron Hirt-Manheimer

Aron Hirt-Manheimer (he/him) is the Union for Reform Judaism's former editor-at-large, the former editor of Reform Judaism magazine (1976-2014) and founding editor of Davka magazine (1970-1976), a West Coast Jewish quarterly. His books include Jagendorf’s Foundry: A Memoir of the Romanian Holocaust (HarperCollins, 1991) and Jews: The Essence and Character of a People (HarperCollins, 1998) with Arthur Hertzberg. (Photo credit: Rose Eichenbaum)

Isaac Hirt Manheimer and wife Ewoenam who founded the UnityEco Village pose among lush greenery with their three young children

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A Jewish Ecovillage Founder on Celebrating Earth Day in Ghana

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

April 19, 2021

Isaac Hirt-Manheimer is the founder of Unity Ecovillage in Ghana, constructed according to eco-friendly principles that he learned while attending the Green Apprenticeship training program at Kibbutz Lotan in Israel.

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Anne Frank, Elie Wiesel, and My Father

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

January 27, 2017

This post originally appeared at Reform Judaism.org.

January 27, 2005 marked the 60th anniversary of the Red Army’s liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp in Poland.

On that same day, the U.N.

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

A Jewish Ecovillage Founder on Celebrating Earth Day in Ghana

Anne Frank, Elie Wiesel, and My Father

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