Celebrating the achievements of Jewish Americans for their contributions to the arts, science and human rights.
Eva Haller
By: Xenia Shin
The Women Transforming Media interview with Eva Haller -- Holocaust survivor, philanthropist, mentor. Learn about Eva and more women heroes at myhero.com.
The Concept of Heroes
By: Elie Wiesel
Read an excerpt of Elie Wiesel's essay on the concept of heroes, originally published in My Hero: Extraordinary People on the Heroes Who Inspire Them.
Jonas Salk
By: Hayden from San Diego
Jonas Salk discovered the cure for polio but refused to gain any reward for it and instead made it available to whoever could develop and provide it to those who needed it.
Steven Spielberg
By: Sophie from San Diego
Bullied in elementary school because he learned to read late, Steven Spielberg became an award winning filmmaker who pushed the limits of his art.
Sandy Koufax
By: Jory from Toronto
Sandy Koufax
is the youngest player ever to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Regina Jonas
By: Ariel from Sycamore Jr High, Ohio
Regina Jonas was the first woman ever to be ordained as a rabbi.
Emma Lazarus
By: Tuli from Springfield
Emma Lazarus
was an advocate for immigrants' rights and wrote the poem inscribed on the Statue of Liberty.
Judith A. Resnik
By: Alyssa from Ohio
Judith A. Resnik inspired others with her determination to become a scientist and an astronaut.
Judith Resnik
By: Abby from Westerville
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
By: Megan from San Diego
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
By: Carlos E. Aguilar
Gerda Klein
Gerda is a human rights activist and 2010 Medal of Freedom recipient. She and her husband established the Gerda and Kurt Klein Foundation to combat hunger and intolerance.
Tiffany Shlain
By: Wendy Jewell from The MY HERO Project
Tiffany Shlain
is Director and Founder of the Webby Awards.
The Future of Our Species
Produced by:The Moxie Institute/Dir. Tiffany Shlain
This fall marks the release of 'Leonardo's Brain,' the book that Director Tiffany Shlain's father and best-selling author, Leonard Shlain, finished days before he passed away. Tiffany builds off her father's ideas to explore the future of our species.
Bill Bradley
By: Kathy Crockett<br> The My Hero Project
Bill Bradley
once a pro-basketball player now is a politician who advocates reform to make America better for all.
Leonard Adleman
By: Michael from Fredericksburg
Leonard Adleman
improves
lives with his work
in DNA technology.
Allegra Kent
By: Mikayla from Glenbrook
All we actually have is our body and its muscles that allow us to be under our own power.
- Allegra Kent
Aly Raisman: Winner of Much More Than the Obvious
By: Joyce Meng
Aly Raisman is a two-time Olympian gymnast who has celebrated her Jewish heritage in her routines and overcame abuse from gymnast doctor Larry Nassar.
Albert Einstein
By: The My Hero Project
Albert Einstein
believed in the power of imagination.
Ariel Durant
By: Jerrilyn Jacobs
Ariel Durant was a writer, scholar, philosopher and Pulitzer Prize winner.
Cheri Gaulke
By: Joy Wolf
As an educator, Cheri Gaulke has mentored youth throughout Southern California, and as Artistic Director of The Righteous Conversations Project she has empowered teens to use media to speak out about injustices across the globe
Daniel Pearl
By: Geeta Malik and Kathy Crockett
Daniel Pearl was a Wall Street Journal reporter who reported the news with courage, integrity, and intelligence.
