Nehemiah 1:1 "The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah..."

The same way that they had survived until that time: through the continued handing down of Jewish traditions (the Torah) among the sages and their disciples, and the Jewish communities in general. Specifically, the year 132 CE was about the time that Rabbi Akiva died. His greatest disciples (Rabbi Meir, Rabbi Yehuda, Rabbi Yossi, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and Rabbi Nehemiah) each headed a yeshiva (Torah-academy) of his own, and (as well as teaching) they strived to lead the Jewish communities through the hard times (132 CE was around the time of the Roman destruction of the city of Beitar).

Nehemiah wrote the Old Testament book of Nehemiah.

Renaldo Nehemiah's birth name is Renaldo C. Nehemiah.

Nehemiah Deason's birth name is Nehemiah Chase Deason.