Me & Bernard

During Ride For The Living, we treated our riders and walkers to a LIVE taping of the season finale of our podcast, Me & Bernard, capping off a lifetime’s worth of stories from 96-years-young Survivor Bernard Offen. Now, we’re excited to announce that our live taping of Me & Bernard is now available to stream wherever you listen to podcasts! In this special episode, Jonathan and Bernard un...

Thirteen episodes (plus a royal bonus!) of Me & Bernard now available! Your favorite podcast has crossed the threshold of Jewish maturity. Fittingly, in this episode, JCC Krakow CEO Jonathan Ornstein concludes his hours-long biographical interview with Polish-American-Polish Holocaust survivor Bernard Offen. After discussing Bernard’s past couple decades and return to his hometown, they specul...

In episode 12, the dynamic duo discuss Bernard’s return to Poland in the 1990s as part of his “self-confrontation in the process of healing.” A filmmaker himself, Bernard reflects on meeting Steven Spielberg, watching the production of Schindler’s List, and creating his own cinematic oeuvre. Bernard sheds insights into the themes and images central to his prior filmography while also divulging inf...

Like any pair of good friends, CEO Jonathan and Bernard have a podcast together. Oh, and it’s really, really good! Tune in today for episode 11, newly released in honor of the birthday festivities. This dynamic duo continues their chronological recounting of Bernard’s incredible life—with plenty of hilarious digressions! This time, they offer an unflinching account of the ‘70s, from marital malais...

“Me & Bernard” featuring JCC Krakow CEO Jonathan Ornstein and 95 year-young Holocaust Bernard Offen discussing Bernard’s fascinating life just hit 10 episodes! What stories does Bernie hold for us to celebrate this milestone? Well you just have to click to find out… (also - don’t forget to subscribe to get notifications on upcoming episodes!) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

Bernard Rides For The Living! He also served as an infantryman in Korea, worked in the sheepskin trade on multiple continents, and started his own appliance-repair company—all in a ten-year stretch. Me & Bernard, the hit new JCC Krakow podcast featuring host CEO Jonathan Ornstein and 95-year-young Holocaust survivor Bernard Offen, returns for episode nine. As they continue the lively conversat...

Me & Bernard, the hit new JCC Krakow podcast, is back with another episode: number eight! Host CEO Jonathan continues his conversation with 95-year-young Holocaust survivor Bernard Offen about life, this time continuing the post-war chronology. Bernard shares stories and memories from the Land of Opportunity during ‘50s. The episode is titled, “Ice Cream, Chickens, Crashing Weddings & Kore...

Be sure to listen to this week's special episode of Me & Bernard recorded on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz Birkenau and Bernard's meeting with King Charles III. In this episode, you’ll not only hear about what the King is really like in-person, but also hear about Bernard's emotional experience returning to Auschwitz in much different circumstances after 8...

God worked for six days, and then rested… but Jonathan and Bernard didn’t rest after making six episodes - they went ahead and made a seventh! Episode 7 of Me & Bernard, our original podcast, is now live on Spotify and Apple Music! In this episode, it’s 1946 and Bernard is known as “Bernie,” a 17-year-old in London, England. He’s learning English, but often skips class to go to the movies or g...

Join host Jonathan Ornstein, CEO of the Jewish Community Centre of Krakow, in an exclusive podcast series featuring in-depth conversations with his friend Bernard Offen, 95, a Holocaust Survivor from Krakow, Poland who survived five concentration camps. In this series, Bernard shares his powerful life story, detailing his experiences growing up Jewish in pre-war Poland and his fascinating life aft...

Join host Jonathan Ornstein, CEO of the Jewish Community Centre of Krakow, in an exclusive podcast series featuring in-depth conversations with his friend Bernard Offen, 95, a Holocaust Survivor from Krakow, Poland who survived five concentration camps. In this series, Bernard shares his powerful life story, detailing his experiences growing up Jewish in pre-war Poland and his fascinating life aft...

Join host Jonathan Ornstein, CEO of the Jewish Community Centre of Krakow, in an exclusive podcast series featuring in-depth conversations with his friend Bernard Offen, 95, a Holocaust Survivor from Krakow, Poland who survived five concentration camps. In this series, Bernard shares his powerful life story, detailing his experiences growing up Jewish in pre-war Poland and his fascinating life aft...

Join host Jonathan Ornstein, CEO of the Jewish Community Centre of Krakow, in an exclusive podcast series featuring in-depth conversations with his friend Bernard Offen, 95, a Holocaust Survivor from Krakow, Poland who survived five concentration camps. In this series, Bernard shares his powerful life story, detailing his experiences growing up Jewish in pre-war Poland and his fascinating life aft...

Join host Jonathan Ornstein, CEO of the Jewish Community Centre of Krakow, in an exclusive podcast series featuring in-depth conversations with his friend Bernard Offen, 95, a Holocaust Survivor from Krakow, Poland who survived five concentration camps. In this series, Bernard shares his powerful life story, detailing his experiences growing up Jewish in pre-war Poland and his fascinating life aft...

Join host Jonathan Ornstein, CEO of the Jewish Community Centre of Krakow, in an exclusive podcast series featuring in-depth conversations with his friend Bernard Offen, 95, a Holocaust Survivor from Krakow, Poland who survived five concentration camps. In this series, Bernard shares his powerful life story, detailing his experiences growing up Jewish in pre-war Poland and his fascinating life aft...