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. For inquiries, please email Raquela Cohen at admin@rootsmetals.com

photo: Alexandra Pettinato

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  • 3 times the kids got it very wrong

    3 times the kids got it very wrong

      WHY I'M MAKING THIS POST Last week, I published a post titled, “Are Students on the Right Side of History? (Not Always).” The purpose of the post was to...

    3 times the kids got it very wrong

      WHY I'M MAKING THIS POST Last week, I published a post titled, “Are Students on the Right Side of History? (Not Always).” The purpose of the post was to...

  • settler-colonialism (the lie)

    settler-colonialism (the lie)

      WHAT IS SETTLER-COLONIALISM? Colonialism is the practice of a country or empire imposing control and power over other peoples or territories through the establishment of colonies. Colonizers impose their...

    settler-colonialism (the lie)

      WHAT IS SETTLER-COLONIALISM? Colonialism is the practice of a country or empire imposing control and power over other peoples or territories through the establishment of colonies. Colonizers impose their...

  • how did we get here?

    how did we get here?

      JEWISH AMERICANS: A PROFILE To understand what is happening to American Jews, we must first understand who American Jews are. The first Jews arrived to the now United States...

    how did we get here?

      JEWISH AMERICANS: A PROFILE To understand what is happening to American Jews, we must first understand who American Jews are. The first Jews arrived to the now United States...

  • the Islamist propaganda playbook

    the Islamist propaganda playbook

      "We'll see terrorists coming out of Europe, because of being politically correct or assuming that they know Middle East far better than we do. I'm sorry, that's pure ignorance."...

    the Islamist propaganda playbook

      "We'll see terrorists coming out of Europe, because of being politically correct or assuming that they know Middle East far better than we do. I'm sorry, that's pure ignorance."...

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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