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Shalom, 2020
There is a rainbow on the other side of you, 2020, reaching to new tomorrows. We have learned new things about ourselves- what we care...
May 30, 20215 min read


Request The True Adventures at Your Public Library
Hello, friends! Gidon and I would like to ask you a favor. If you download and print out the attached library book request and give it to...
May 30, 20211 min read

The True Adventures Lands on the Kirkus Review Best of 2020 List!
We are so very proud that The True Adventures of Gidon Lev has been listed as one of the best books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews! The print...
May 30, 20211 min read


Am I Jewish Enough?
I'm very proud that an article I wrote about my conversion to Judaism almost 34 years ago was published as the cover story in the Jewish...
May 30, 20211 min read


Gidon Truly Was a Rascal!
Today Gidon and I received an email from Dan, on the far right, who knew Gidon during his years in Canada, in the HaShomer Hatzair youth...
May 30, 20211 min read

Starred Review on Kirkus!
Well, Gidon and I are over the moon! The True Adventures of Gidon Lev has received a starred review on Kirkus! Here is a link to the...
May 30, 20211 min read


Chapter Title Spotting
In The True Adventures of Gidon Lev there are five chapter titles that are inspired by songs, books or poems. Can you spot all five?
May 30, 20211 min read


The MidWest Book Review
This is a highly recommended memoir that rises above and beyond politics, Middle East history, or autobiography alike...
May 30, 20213 min read


Todah Rabah
That's how to say "thank you very much" in Hebrew. (Pronounced: toe-dah rah-bah). Or, spelled in Hebrew, that looks like this: תודה רבה...
May 30, 20213 min read

Our Book is Available!
Well, even though this feels like the 10,000th step in this adventure, in many ways it's only the first step! The True Adventures of...
May 30, 20211 min read


Copy Editor Cayce Berryman and the True Adventures of Gidon Lev
Copy editors are like surgeons. They make sure that the spelling, grammar, punctuation, and all of those pesky details are correct.
May 30, 202111 min read

The Music of The True Adventures
Meet the music behind The True Adventures of Gidon Lev. Nigel Groom is a composer and musician living in LA and I knew we had made the...
May 30, 20214 min read


The Voice of Gidon
Creating an audiobook version of The True Adventures of Gidon Lev has been an adventure unto itself. Our sound designer, Vickie Sampson...
May 30, 20214 min read

Yom HaShoah
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel and this year, it's a lonelier one. Most public events have been canceled or re-imagined.
May 30, 20211 min read


S.S. Zion and German Reparations
The ship that Gidon Lev took to Israel from New York had an interesting backstory.
May 30, 20211 min read


A Touching (pre)Review
Today Gidon and I were so incredibly touched and honored to receive this wonderful review of our manuscript from our friend and my...
May 30, 20211 min read


Hope in a Pandemic
A Holocaust survivor offers sound advice during a global pandemic.
May 30, 20211 min read


The Fire This Time
Does the Holocaust even matter anymore? Maybe we aren't asking the right questions.
May 30, 20213 min read


Wisdom in the Time of Pandemic
Even if it's just a board game in the middle of a pandemic, Gidon is present and optimistic.
May 30, 20211 min read


A Short Note to Holocaust Deniers
I, as one of the few survivors still living, and enjoying life despite it all, find it incredible that there Holocaust deniers.
May 30, 20213 min read
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