Aron Hirt-Manheimer came to the US with his parents when he was three, living first in Cleveland, then in Los Angeles. He received a BA in psychology from UCLA and an MA in Jewish education from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. For over thirty-five years Aron was editor of Reform Judaism magazine. He co-edited Against Silence: The Voice and Vision of Elie Wiesel. Wiesel described Aron as “a writer possessed of a rare blend of integrity, persuasiveness, and good literary sense.” Aron co-authored Jagendorf’s Foundry: A Memoir of the Romanian Holocaust, 1941–1944 and, with Arthur Hertzberg, Jews: The Essence and Character of a People. Aron lives in Connecticut with his wife of fifty-one years, Judy.