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Julie Gray

Nov 28, 2025, 7:01 PM

We Need to Talk About Holocaust Education

Predictably, the remarks Sarah Hurwitz made about Holocaust education at the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America were quickly repackaged, recontextualized, and weaponized by progressive Jewish spaces already inclined toward anti-Zionist framings, as well as by...

Jul 31, 2025, 4:25 PM

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A Tisha B’Av reckoning: The silence of the center

Even as we blanch at the world's lies, we must ask: What have we done? How did we get here, and how do we get somewhere better?

Apr 23, 2025, 12:17 PM

My Yom HaShoah Wish

Gidon Lev in Berlin. Photo credit: Julie Gray

Every year at this time, my life partner, Gidon Lev, speaks at several Yom HaShoah gatherings. He is devoted to telling his story. Every year at this time, sobering articles come out about how few Holocaust survivors are left...

Mar 3, 2025, 4:33 PM

An Israeli National Treasure Turns 90

Today, one of Israel's national treasures turns ninety. Gidon Lev was born on March 3rd, 1935 in Karlovy Vary in former Czechoslovakia. His family fled to Prague in 1938 after the Munich Agreement ceded the Sudeten to Hitler. In 1941,...

Dec 23, 2024, 10:44 AM

Chilling Echoes of the Past

Little boy running to the future. @JulieGray

The first Holocaust survivor I ever met was the man who has been my life partner for the past several years. The first thing that struck me about Gidon Lev was his sparkling blue eyes. The second thing that...

Feb 2, 2024, 11:01 AM

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At Auschwitz: Musk, Shapiro, and the invisible Holocaust survivor

L-R: Gidon Lev, Menachem Margolin, Elon Musk, Ben Shapiro (courtesy)

At 88, Gidon Lev agreed to step foot in Auschwitz for the first time in his life hoping to be more than just window dressing

Nov 26, 2023, 3:48 PM

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From social media influencer to dangerous narcissist

Social media influencers and dangerous narcissism

If you've ever wondered how 'ordinary' people become complicit in atrocities, look no further than 'Jill' on TikTok

Nov 19, 2023, 1:04 PM

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Why I am leaving TikTok behind

People loved my Holocaust-survivor partner and our content right up until he made the grave mistake of being Israeli

Oct 24, 2023, 1:18 PM

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Miriam Ezagui and the war on TikTok

Once a favorite for her videos about Judaism, I watched my friend become a target of online outrage for supporting Israel

Feb 8, 2023, 1:36 PM

Who is responsible for Felix Cipher?

Felix Cipher is a young person from Colorado who created a TikTok account and cosplayed Adolf Hitler. As of yesterday, Felix was a trending hashtag and meme. As of today, they are canceled. But who is this Cipher? We don't...

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Writer, editor and content creator Julie Gray lives in Northern Israel with her life partner, Gidon Lev. Let's Make Things Better is available everywhere books are sold.

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