Health, Healthcare and Equity Presenters for this Black-Jewish Dialogue session included Beverly Coulter, Pastor William Hicks, and Dr. Frank Miller with facilitators: Rabbi Craig Lewis of Mizpah Congregation and Deborah Levine, ADR Editor. The discussion included descriptions of the healthcare challenges facing the African-American community and the Jewish community, as well as mutual challenges in … Continue reading Black-Jewish Dialogue October 2020
Foster Inclusion & Counteract Hate Dialogue in Chattanooga, TN It’s a true challenge to talk about issues involving African Americans and Jews in these turbulent times. The murder of George Floyd and COVID-19 have put a spotlight not just on monuments and law enforcement, but also on festering issues of economic, social and healthcare inequities. … Continue reading Black-Jewish Dialogue Intro
Chattanooga’s Black-Jewish Dialogue CULTURAL EXCHANGE: MUSIC See what our dialogue members have chosen to share as their favorite iconic cultural expressions. The list will include: Poetry, Recipes, Humor, Readings, Movies/TV and begins with Music. CLICK for more information about our dialogue. Herbie Hancock – Maiden Voyage https://youtu.be/hwmRQ0PBtXU Israel 1979 Eurovision – Hallelujah – Winning song … Continue reading Black-Jewish Cultural Exchange
Our Virtual Dialogue – Background The online Black-Jewish Dialogues began in the summer 2020 and quickly went global. The monthly Dialogues were recorded, and placed on individual pages in the American Diversity Report as ongoing resources. CLICK on video to hear the presentation by Deborah Levine for Chattanooga’s Mizpah Synagogue that initiated the Dialogues. Hear … Continue reading Why Black-Jewish Dialogue Now? – by Deborah Levine
As a young girl, I lived in a middle-class Black community surrounded by people who made me feel that I was incredible and could do anything I set her mind to. It was a recipe for constant conflict with a racist, sexist society and its institutions throughout the rest of my life.
It was an honor to share my perspective as a Jew and diversity professional at Chattanooga’s MLK interfaith service commemorating The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. That event was 7 years ago but my passion for diversity is a lifelong legacy from my father, a US World War II military intelligence officer whose letters … Continue reading A Jewish Perspective on MLK – by Deborah Levine
Originally published in The Chattanooga Times Free Press Have you heard that Kanye West might buy the self-styled free speech platform called Parler? Supposedly “conservative”, the app was used to organize and recruit for the Capitol siege. Parler continually enables hate with accounts that use swastikas as their profile pictures along with posts with Holocaust … Continue reading Hate enablers should not prevail – by Deborah Levine
LOGLINE A World War II Liberator’s daughter honors his legacy by battling disabilities, discrimination, and hate in her journey from being disabled and homeless, to repairing our broken world. 6-part TV Series (c) 2022…Deborah Levine Enterprises LLC 31+ FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS The Liberator’s Daughter has 31 WINNER AWARDS at international film festivals including: 1) WRPN … Continue reading TV Pilot Script: The Liberator’s Daughter
Racism, when it has become “structured” into a society and into its institutions, is a very complex thing. We like to think it is an “unfortunate incident” which happened because the person to whom it happened was complicit in some way. It is not. Every action you take is governed by the bigotry structured into … Continue reading A Personal History of Blacks and Jews Part 1- by Marceline Donaldson
DEI OVERVIEW Editor’s Note: This was the introductory presentation at the 2021 Diversity Town Hall in partnership with the Gary W. Rollins College of Business /U. of TN at Chattanooga (Moderator Dr. Gail Dawson) and the American Diversity Report. CLICK to hear presentation TRANSCRIPT: I appreciate both the eagerness and anxiety about the future of … Continue reading Diversity Town Hall 2021: Deborah Levine – ADR Editor
