“A Jewish Perspective: Engaging Faith Groups in Social Action”
with Debbie Alter- Starr, Lenore Hirsch, and Brian Shaw
Debbie Alter-Starr, MSW, LCSW, is a retired medical social worker with more than 20 years of social change work for which she has received multiple awards. Three of these came from Latino-led groups.
She grounds her community service in the Jewish tradition of Tikkun Olam (repair of the world ) and regularly partners with faith organizations.
Debbie is a core member of Napa Takes Action, which formed this year to organize community protests. It has an emerging project to protect immigrants that she will share.
A longtime member of Congregation Beth Shalom, Debbie co-led an interfaith Peace Vigil this summer and co-founded Napa for Peace in Palestine (NPIP) subsequently with a small group. NPIP made its debut at the Napa Day Against Hate in October and was well-received.
“Advocating for Palestinians as a Jewish person who cares just as much about Jewish communities and Israel has been my most morally complex ‘faith in action’ experience,” she says. Debbie will share reflections on the challenges and successes of faith-based social change from her perspective on December 7.
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