Join Gidon & I on Zoom on February 14th!
Hello, everyone! A quick update: Gidon and I will be guests for a special reading event this evening, through the Open Mic event through...
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A Holocaust Survivor's Message of Hope and Celebration of Life
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Vaccinated!
On January 21st Gidon received his second vaccination. For me, it wasn't a moment too soon. I am so relieved. We are still wearing our...
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Reviews Matter
From the day I first met Gidon, though I was nervous about whether I was the right person to write this book, I knew that his story was...
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Humans of the Holocaust
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Why The True Adventures Went Rogue
I spent 3 years writing a book, then I couldn't find a literary agent to represent it. It's a cliché, really. But there were extenuating...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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?
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The MidWest Book Review
This is a highly recommended memoir that rises above and beyond politics, Middle East history, or autobiography alike...
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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...
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Free Copies of The True Adventures!
Hello, all! For those of you who have already purchased and read (or are in the midst of reading) The True Adventures, we thank you from...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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.
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