In the episode Rabbi Wildes talks with Sarri Singer. In life, sadly there are victims of heinous acts of violence. Some stay victims their whole lives, broken and battered while a few select people, like our guest today, are able to take a horrible trauma that happened to them and turn it around to do good in the world. New Jersey resident Sarri Singer, who works in Manhattan, is one of those rare people. She is the founder of the organization Strength to Strength and she has worked with her organization to help victims of terror worldwide to cope psychologically with what has happened to them. She recently spoke at a rally against anti-Semitism that I and many others attended in response to the spike of violence in New York City. She has addressed esteemed groups about dealing with terrorism, including one at the United Nations. One of her speeches for Hadassah was entitled: "Practical Zionism: What Surviving Terror Teaches You."

This past Friday was 18 years to the day that Sarri did something that most of us have done at one time or another. She got on a bus. Only this time, her choice of seat on her bus in Israel likely saved her life. A Hamas suicide bomber detonated his device and scores of people were killed and injured. Sarri was injured and still has shrapnel in her leg that doctors could not remove, but she survived and went on to fight terrorism in her special way. She believes that by closing her eyes at the moment of the blast, she likely saved her sight. It is not uncommon for her to have late night phone calls with victims of terror both Jewish and gentile and she relentlessly looks out for the interests of those who have suffered from acts of terrorism. Sadly there are many. Born in Lakewood, New Jersey, she is the daughter of New Jersey State Senator Robert Singer. Sarri has spoken to audiences across the globe and has appeared on CNN, Fox News Channel and numerous radio stations.