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I, as one of the few survivors still living, and enjoying life despite it all, find it incredible that there Holocaust deniers.

A photo montage of Gidon for his 85th birthday.

Gidon lived and breathed agriculture, animal husbandry, and farming for many years of his life and being on a farm is rejuvenating.

As Black History Month draws to a close, let us remember Claude Neal today. Nobody was ever brought to justice for his terrible death.

How I long to adopt Gidon's attitude in my own life. Think less, do more. Accept what comes along. Worry less, be happy, simply, to be alive

The S.S. America had quite an interesting career.

In 1917, my grandmother, Gladys Ragan, was seven years old. One day, in the school in rural eastern Washington where she grew up, the...

How do you mark this day in the absence of generations?

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!

In 1947, Pan American airlines offered the first ever round-the-world ticket and bank robber Willie Sutton, when asked why he robbed...

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!

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...

This artwork was painted by Gidon's late father-in-law, Montie Kashman. Montie was a prolific painter and many family members have at...

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...

This is the address, on Italska 7, where Gidon, his mother, father and two grandparents lived for two years after having fled Karlovy...

JULIE: You spent your most formative years living in a communal situation (Terezin) and then later joining up a youth group, and then...

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...

Somewhere here, under loamy leaves and mushrooms, lies the grave of my Loving Life Buddy's grandmother, Therese Löw. We couldn't find it,...

Gidon answers the penultimate question!