Episodes

  • Mother | 15

    Mother | 15
    May 5 2022
    When he finds the long-lost Holocaust testimony of his mother, Gidon spots inaccuracies. Whose memory is more reliable, those of Gidon or his mother? After a long life, can Gidon find forgiveness for Doris? With a buckle and a whoosh, Gidon sets off on the New Adventures of Gidon Lev. 

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    24 mins
  • The Like of This | 14

    The Like of This | 14
    May 5 2022
    A visit to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem reveals the true fate of Gidon's father, Ernst, and some unsettling statistics about the state of Holocaust education today. 

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    27 mins
  • Into the Dark | 13

    Into the Dark | 13
    May 5 2022
    Looking back at a long, adventurous life, Gidon reveals the subject of his deepest sorrow and most difficult challenge - cancer. 

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    18 mins
  • A Life Less Ordinary | 12

    A Life Less Ordinary | 12
    May 2 2022
    After the heart-wrenching events that took place in 1970, Gidon begins his life anew yet again when he meets a brunette intellectual, Susan, who will change the course of his life forever. This unlikely partnership, filled with love, heartache, and adventure will last for over 40 years. 

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    32 mins
  • Paved Over Paradise | 11

    Paved Over Paradise | 11
    Apr 21 2022
    Reeling from shock and weighted with the emotional trauma of the Holocaust, Gidon Lev reacted to the abduction of his children in the only way that made sense to him. He went on a wild goose chase in California. Things didn't go as planned. 

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    34 mins
  • Things Fall Apart | 10

    Things Fall Apart | 10
    Apr 7 2022
    On May 15th, 1967, Gidon is called up for emergency duty and sent to the Golan Heights, leaving his wife and baby behind. Israel manages to survive the Six Day War but what lies just around the corner for Gidon will be the most traumatic experience of his life. 

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    34 mins
  • Archaeology | 9

    Archaeology | 9
    Mar 31 2022
    On the eve of the Six-Day War, a young American searching for independence crashes into the rock-solid determination of the new, grown-up Gidon. Together, they have a child. Gidon doesn't know it yet but the biggest trauma of his life has already been set into motion. 

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    29 mins
  • Big Hard Sun | 8

    Big Hard Sun | 8
    Mar 22 2022
    It's 1960 and the world is once again changing. Only 15 years earlier, Gidon had been liberated from a concentration camp. Now he finds himself serving in the Israeli Defense Forces amidst one of the world's most complex, agonizing, and seemingly never ending conflicts. 

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    40 mins