Julie Gray, at The Blogs

Feb 2, 2024, 11:01 AM

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...

Dec 4, 2022, 2:09 PM

The Kanye West Effect

You can throw antisemitic TikTok comments at me all day, and I won't break a sweat. When you have an account with half a million followers, and your content is about Holocaust education, it happens. I'm not easily rattled. In...

Oct 1, 2022, 3:12 PM

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Is Holocaust education possible on TikTok?

True, our account gets more visitors than the US Holocaust Museum, but are 30-second videos effective? Do they reduce the complexity of the message?

Aug 31, 2022, 3:38 PM

Institutional let-down: A wake-up call

There’s no way to be poetic or polite about it. I feel defeated and alone. I'm tired of getting pats on the head for creating and maintaining a Tiktok account with nearly half a million followers that teaches Holocaust...

Dec 24, 2021, 6:12 PM

TikTok: The Moral Arc of the Social Media Universe

In October of 2021, Frances Haugen, the "Facebook whistle-blower" went wide with the Facebook Papers - showing that Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg were well aware of the harm created on the ubiquitous social media platform. None of this was...

Jul 20, 2021, 3:13 PM

Tik Tok: Hate and Hope

My day began innocently enough. I got myself a cup of coffee and fed the cats. And then I discovered that one of my very first, clumsily made, wonky Tik Tok videos was going viral. Well - viral is...

About Me

Writer, editor and content creator Julie Gray lives in Northern Israel with her life partner, Gidon Lev. Let's Make Things Better, co-authored by Gidon and Julie will be available in Fall 2024 (Hachette/Pan MacMillan).

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