Debbie is a Jewish, Israeli, and Latina author, educator, content creator, and artist, specializing in Jewish history and antisemitism. 

She is well-known in Jewish spaces for condensing complex, multilayered, nuanced, and obscure Jewish history topics into more easily accessible education.

Get in touch with Debbie for speaking engagements, consulting, content writing, and more by filling out the form at the bottom of this page.

photo: Alexandra Pettinato

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  • Yom Kippur: a history

    Yom Kippur: a history

      WHAT IS YOM KIPPUR? Yom Kippur, or Yom HaKippurim, is the holiest day in Judaism and Samaritanism. In English, “Yom Kippur” translates to the “Day of Atonement.” Along with...

    Yom Kippur: a history

      WHAT IS YOM KIPPUR? Yom Kippur, or Yom HaKippurim, is the holiest day in Judaism and Samaritanism. In English, “Yom Kippur” translates to the “Day of Atonement.” Along with...

  • who were the Canaanites?

    who were the Canaanites?

      DISCLAIMER: this post explores the origins of the Jewish people and our connection to the ancient Canaanites from an archeological, linguistic, genetic, and secular historical perspective. If that will...

    who were the Canaanites?

      DISCLAIMER: this post explores the origins of the Jewish people and our connection to the ancient Canaanites from an archeological, linguistic, genetic, and secular historical perspective. If that will...

  • go back to...Poland?

    go back to...Poland?

      When my father was a boy in Poland, streets of Europe were covered with graffiti, "Jews, go back to Palestine." When my father revisited Europe 50 years later, the walls...

    go back to...Poland?

      When my father was a boy in Poland, streets of Europe were covered with graffiti, "Jews, go back to Palestine." When my father revisited Europe 50 years later, the walls...

  • Rosh Hashanah: a history

    Rosh Hashanah: a history

      WHAT IS ROSH HASHANAH? Rosh Hashanah, which translates to “head of the year,” is the Jewish New Year, which falls on the first of Tishrei, the seventh month of...

    Rosh Hashanah: a history

      WHAT IS ROSH HASHANAH? Rosh Hashanah, which translates to “head of the year,” is the Jewish New Year, which falls on the first of Tishrei, the seventh month of...

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  • American Jewish Committee (AJC) Los Angeles had the pleasure of hosting Debbie to speak at our annual meeting for our young professional’s network, ACCESS. The program focused on addressing antisemitism in a digital age. With antisemitism increasing across the world in various manifestations, we felt Debbie was the perfect representative of the online Jewish advocacy community.

     

    The program included a moderated discussion with Debbie followed by a Q&A with the audience. She could not have been received with more enthusiasm. She discussed her experience with online advocacy with incredible eloquence and tact. It is challenging to address growing concerns of antisemitism without causing alarm, but Debbie did so in a way that left the audience inspired to engage with Jewish advocacy online and beyond.


    - Alissa Bernstein, American Jewish Committee

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