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Jewish Exponent: ADL Honors Dr. Rachel Levine

  • December 17, 2020

By Andy Gotlieb

The Anti-Defamation League honored Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine on Dec. 6 with its new Courage Award.

ADL Regional Director Shira Goodman told KYW Newsradio that Levine’s status as an openly transgender official and the way she has handled the pandemic inspired the organization to honor her.

“She has been attacked, she has been misgendered. She is Jewish and she has been called horrific things. She has been called a Nazi for the restrictions she has tried to put in place under the Wolf administration to protect Pennsylvanians during the pandemic. She has had threats from extremists,” Goodman said.

“She has just been steadfast in working for the people of Pennsylvania, standing up, not being afraid to be in public, to be in front of people and tell us what we need to know to give us the facts to help get us through this tough time.”