Released in late 2025, Sons of Survivors: Making Peace with Inherited Trauma is a dual memoir of Aron Hirt-Manheimer, a longtime Jewish editor and author, and Marty Yura, an Israel Defense Forces veteran who later co-founded Vista Yoga in Atlanta and teaches yoga to veterans with PTSD.

Told in alternating voices, the book follows their parallel journeys across six decades, including their childhood in postwar America, service in Israel, their development professionally and a deep emotional reckoning. Each confronts inherited trauma later in life through different paths, including rediscovered family writings and a Zen Peacemakers retreat at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Together they came to understand a profound truth: Trauma cannot be outrun—but it can be transformed. “Sons of Survivors is more than a memoir,” says their press release. “It’s a shared vehicle of healing and a testament to resilience, friendship and the enduring power of love and compassion passed down from generation to generation.”