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    Outtake: Wildlife in Israel
    • Feb 15, 2020
    • 2 min

    Outtake: Wildlife in Israel

    Outtake: Wildlife of Israel
    The S.S. America
    • Feb 11, 2020
    • 1 min

    The S.S. America

    The S.S. America had quite an interesting career.
    Book excerpt: 1917
    • Jan 31, 2020
    • 2 min

    Book excerpt: 1917

    In 1917, my grandmother, Gladys Ragan, was seven years old. One day, in the school in rural eastern Washington where she grew up, the tea...
    Holocaust Remembrance Day
    • Jan 28, 2020
    • 2 min

    Holocaust Remembrance Day

    How do you mark this day in the absence of generations?
    Life, the Theme Park
    • Jan 4, 2020
    • 2 min

    Life, the Theme Park

    It’s a cold, windy day in January. Gidon and I are taking a break from working on the book and have gone to Mini-Israel, a kitschy theme ...
    Happy Chanukah!
    • Dec 23, 2019
    • 1 min

    Happy Chanukah!

    Happy Chanukah!
    Book Excerpt: 1947
    • Dec 16, 2019
    • 1 min

    Book Excerpt: 1947

    In 1947, Pan American airlines offered the first ever round-the-world ticket and bank robber Willie Sutton, when asked why he robbed bank...
    Moment Magazine!
    • Dec 9, 2019
    • 1 min

    Moment Magazine!

    I am very proud that an article I wrote for the new monthly "Beshert" column in Moment Magazine was accepted and published! Take a look!
    You Go, Girl!
    • Dec 5, 2019
    • 2 min

    You Go, Girl!

    Book excerpt from The True Adventures of Gidon Lev I am angry. At myself. At all of us. I know this is a very cheeky take on a very power...
    Chapter 15: Anthropology
    • Dec 5, 2019
    • 8 min

    Chapter 15: Anthropology

    I have often wondered what a writer was reading themselves as they wrote a book, or what music they listened to. I wonder what the view o...
    Fighting Windmills
    • Nov 8, 2019
    • 1 min

    Fighting Windmills

    This artwork was painted by Gidon's late father-in-law, Montie Kashman. Montie was a prolific painter and many family members have at lea...
    L'Shana Tova!
    • Sep 29, 2019
    • 1 min

    L'Shana Tova!

    Happy New Year from Gidon and Julie! Thank you for following our adventures as we create this book. May your new year be full of unexpect...
    You Can Go Home Again
    • Sep 16, 2019
    • 1 min

    You Can Go Home Again

    This is the address, on Italska 7, where Gidon, his mother, father and two grandparents lived for two years after having fled Karlovy Var...
    Questions & Answers
    • Sep 9, 2019
    • 2 min

    Questions & Answers

    JULIE: You spent your most formative years living in a communal situation (Terezin) and then later joining up a youth group, and then lat...
    No Jews Allowed
    • Sep 2, 2019
    • 1 min

    No Jews Allowed

    Gidon sits in the same park where, in 1940, his grandfather Albert took him to play but that day, they were barred. A big sign said, in G...
    Back to Prague
    • Aug 30, 2019
    • 2 min

    Back to Prague

    Somewhere here, under loamy leaves and mushrooms, lies the grave of my Loving Life Buddy's grandmother, Therese Löw. We couldn't find it,...
    Just How Do You Pronounce "Gidon"?
    • Aug 15, 2019
    • 1 min

    Just How Do You Pronounce "Gidon"?

    Gidon answers the penultimate question!
    Meeting Another Survivor, Yehuda Bacon
    • Aug 12, 2019
    • 1 min

    Meeting Another Survivor, Yehuda Bacon

    Gidon and I had the very good fortune to have been introduced to Yehuda Bacon earlier this month. On top of being one of the most cheerfu...
    Photo Bombing My Loving Life Buddy
    • Aug 10, 2019
    • 1 min

    Photo Bombing My Loving Life Buddy

    Driving back from a beautiful day at Kibbutz Mishmar Ha Emek.
    Busy Week! 
    • Aug 9, 2019
    • 1 min

    Busy Week! 

    My Loving Life Buddy and I had such a busy week, updating our website and working on the book proposal for Not Another Holocaust Story: ...
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