Shimon Lev (Low) (; born August 1, 1962) is an Israeli multidisciplinary artist, writer, photographer, curator and researcher in the fields of Indian Studies, art and literature, religion, and travel. He holds a Doctoral degree on the subject of the mutual influence of the Jewish and Indian cultures. Lev teaches at the Hadassah Academic College. Lev is the author of "Soulmates", the story of Mahatma Gandhi and Hermann Kallenbach (Orient BlackSwan, 2012), the first comprehensive study analyzing the unique and enigmatic relationship between Gandhi and his closest intimate friend and supporter, Hermann Kallenbach, in the context of his developing in his formative years in South Africa, and in the understanding of his relationship to the Zionist movement. The Hindu found it "insightful" and "a valuable addition to Gandhi studies for the historian". In particular the book debunks the idea that Gandhi and Kallenbach had a homosexual relationship. Following the publication of the unique relationships between Gandhi and Kallenbach in "Soulmates", The Government of Lithuania decided to put a statue of the two men in the city of Rusnė in the republic. Lev also wrote "Vesheyodea Lishol" (Hebrew for "And He who Knows how to Ask", Xargol Publisher, Israel 1998), which is a collection of life stories of people who abandoned the Jewish Orthodox religion, written in a form of monologues. Education Shimon Lev studied Photography at the Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem (graduated 1988). He earned B.A.degree and M.A. Degree (Cum Laude), Faculty of Humanities (2010), the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He earned his Doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2016. His dissertation is about the cultural and political meeting between the Jewish world and the Indian World – A comparative research in light of the Indian and Zionist national movements. Books Author "Soulmates – The Story of Mahatma Gandhi and Hermann Kallenbach," Gandhi Studies Serial, Black Swan Publishing House, India 2012. "Gideon in a Barral on Top of the World", in: "The Life I would Love to Live - Twenty Israeli Travel Stories" (Hebrew), Moshe Gilad (editor), Am Oved Publisher, 2003. "Vesheyodea Lishol" (Hebrew for "And He who Knows how to Ask"), Xargol Publishers, 1998 (in the list of Haaretz Daily best sellers, 1998). "Clear are the Paths of India: The Cultural and Political Encounter Between Indians and Jews in the Context of their Respective National Movements." 2018. Based on Lev's Doctoral thesis. From Lithuania to Santiniketan: Schlomith