Resilience Champion

Through Limor Garfinkle’s lens, we celebrate heroes like Sami Steigmann who has lived many lives. As a child, he survived the Holocaust—enduring unimaginable cruelty and emerging as a living testament to resilience. From victim to survivor to educator to IDF soldier, Sami has transformed his pain into purpose. Today, as a motivational speaker, he dedicates his life to educating others about the dangers of hatred and indifference. Through his talks across the world, Sami reaches people of all ages with a message of hope, courage, and responsibility. His words echo with timeless urgency: “Never give up. Never lose hope. Never be a perpetrator. And above all, never be a bystander.” Sami reminds us that the Holocaust—and every genocide—happened because too many stood silent. His life is a call to action: to choose empathy, to act with courage, and to be part of the solution.