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Gidon Lev Is a TikTok Star — and a Holocaust Survivor

JL;DR SUMMARY Gidon Lev, a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor, has become an unexpected TikTok sensation, blending his harrowing experiences with an infectious optimism. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryHolocaustSocial MediaResilienceTiktokSurvivor StoriesOptimismGidon LevTerezin

Places mentioned

Israel
"90-year-old Gidon Lev virtually welcomed me into his apartment in Northern Israel"
Karlovy Vary, Karlovarský, Czechia
"Gidon was born in Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia in 1935"
Prague, Prague, Hlavní mešto, Czechia
"they fled to Prague, which was still part of Czechoslovakia"
Terezin, Ústecký, Czechia
"In December 1941, Gidon and his mother were deported to Terezin."
New York City, New York, United States
"In 1948, they emigrated first to New York City, and later to Canada."

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