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Deborah Levine
My Cousin Deb:
Response to Pulse article by Rita Crevoshay
I’ve known my cousin Deb since we were in diapers. After all, she’s my first cousin. I should clarify that – Deb was my cousin from Bermuda. I’ve never been there but as a child I regarded it as an outpost of the cultural elite. That was validated by her distinctive British-influenced speech, not exactly a British accent, but nearly so. According to my youthful perception, as an authentic British colonial Bermudian, she had a leg up on us provincial Bostonians.
Deb always conducted herself with a refined tranquility that concealed her brilliance. We were in proximity when she enrolled at Radcliffe (Harvard) at a time when I still lived in Greater Boston. The young woman’s serious approach to her studies distinguished her as a potential future leader, despite her diffident self-presentation.
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CHATTANOOGA, TN – The American Diversity Report announced today that founder and editor-in-chief, Deborah Levine, has received the distinguished ‘HerStory Award’ from the Women’s Federation for World Peace USA (WFWP), with chapters nationwide in all 50 states and locations in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America and the Middle East.
In the 1990s, I made my first trip to Bermuda in fifteen years. My family, once the mainstay of Bermuda Jews, were long gone from the island. The first whiff of salty sea air hasn’t changed but the airport is a jumble of construction. A short jog across the tarmac should end in a hushed wait for the appearance of a customs agent, sitting patiently on the dark wood furniture of the terminal’s old-fashioned waiting room. Today, official greeters wave us through a temporary cordoned maze to a terminal with a second story, a food court, and customs agents encased in glass booths. An electronically-enhanced steel band strikes an earnest rendition of “Island in the Sun” where a portrait of a young Queen Elizabeth once hung.