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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...
May 30, 20211 min read


Photo Bombing My Loving Life Buddy
Driving back from a beautiful day at Kibbutz Mishmar Ha Emek.
May 30, 20211 min read


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:...
May 30, 20211 min read


Look Out, World, Here We Come! Our First Interview for the Book Project!
"Gidon and I both feel is the climate today of racism, hate and ignorance. We were both stunned by the results of that CNN survey and h
May 30, 20211 min read


An Intense But Sweet, Meaningful Visit
In late 2018, as Gidon and I were hard at work on his book, we had a very special visitor. Hannah is from Germany and she came to Israel...
May 30, 20211 min read


Lithuanian Jews Close Only Synagogue Due to Threats
I saw this in the newspaper this morning and my heart dropped to my toes. “In this atmosphere of rising tension and incitement … neither...
May 30, 20211 min read


Discovery & Tears
...a picture of Gidon's father Ernst came crashing out of the past and into our possession when a friend on social media
managed to find
May 30, 20217 min read


Spelunking and the Weight of Words
Book excerpt: My hands smell of old leather and brass fittings and the decay of one hundred years. Gidon and I have just sat and looked...
May 30, 20214 min read


Lovely Article About Gidon!
Gidon Project contributor Elisabeth Becker wrote a beautiful article for The Wisdom Daily about her first encounter with Gidon and what...
May 30, 20211 min read


Like Dreamers
Last week, Gidon and I had the enormous privilege of meeting up with Yossi Klein Halevi, the author of, among many other books, Like...
May 30, 20211 min read


CNN Survey About Antisemitism
One in 20 Europeans have never heard of the Holocaust. The shocking results of the CNN survey of today has everyone at the Gidon Project...
May 30, 20211 min read


Oratorio Terezin
Yesterday, Gidon had the incredible honor of meeting musician and composer Ruth Fazal, who composed the haunting Oratorio Terezin, which...
May 30, 20211 min read


A Happy Camper
Gidon loves to camp. Maybe it comes from a long life of outdoors activities with his family, and being in the IDF and a kibbutznik, but...
May 30, 20211 min read


First Great-Grandchild!
Gidon recently experienced a very moving milestone in his life - the birth of his very first great-grandchild, a little girl named...
May 30, 20211 min read


Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Rally, 2018
Gidon really wanted to go to the rally in memory of Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated in Tel Aviv in 1995. At the time, Gidon and his...
May 30, 20211 min read


Three Generations: One Photo
Gidon's youngest grandchild, Yonatan, recently turned one and Gidon was there to celebrate with the whole family. In the photo: Gidon,...
May 30, 20211 min read


Gidon Meets Nathan Sharanksy
When Gidon found out that Nathan Sharanksy, refusenik, politician, writer and until recently, the Executive Chairman of the Jewish Agency...
May 30, 20211 min read


The Place of Stories
Gidon had the unbelievable honor and pleasure of being invited to participate in Cindy Bayer's wonderful program, The Place of Stories....
May 30, 20211 min read


Kibbutz Zikim
Gidon wanted to show me where he spent years of his life - Kibbutz Zikim. We visited in the heat of the summer and at the height of the...
May 30, 20211 min read


The Early Beginnings
When The Gidon Project came together, in November of 2017, Gidon Lev was 83 years old and there were about 80K rough draft words written...
May 30, 20211 min read
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