Dr. Eric Levine has had extensive experience in the not-for-profit sector with particular expertise in community organization, management, policy, fundraising, strategy, and change. He began his career directing anti-poverty agencies and grassroots organizing in the Bronx. Later, Dr. Levine held senior positions in the Jewish Federation movement, and he led Touro’s advancement and alumni program. Dr. Levine earned the DSW and MSW degrees from Yeshiva University where he also taught for many years. Here at Touro he teaches courses in Social Welfare Policy and Service Delivery Systems and Values and Ethics for Social Work Practice/Service Delivery, in which he endeavors to examine the relationship between ethics and policy. He directs GSSW’s Alumni Association, Alumni Continuing Education and licensing programs, and fund raising and grants management.
Dr. Levine is co-editor of three books and numerous publications, is Managing Editor of the Journal of Judaism, Humanities and the Social Sciences and is a member of Board of Copy Editors for the Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics. His long-term research has concentrated on social protest movements, organizational practice, ethics and social justice/responsibility. His recent interests have focused on immigration, racism, inequality, civil rights and democracy. He is an active member of the NASW-NYC Chapter, is a member of the Chapter's Ethics, Continuing Education and Immigration and Global Social Work Committees and represents NYC on the NASW Delegate Assembly. He is a co-founder of a new organization, Social Workers for Immigration Justice and Human Rights.
Publications
- Fishbane, S., & Levine, E. M. (2024). Ha-Tov v’ha-Meitiv: Contemporary Scholarship in Jewish Studies—Essays In Honor of the 50th Anniversary of Touro University. Retrieved from https://touroscholar.touro.edu/gsjs_pubs/186
- Fishbane, S., & Levine, E. M. (2024). Ha-Tov v’ha-Meitiv: Contemporary Scholarship in Jewish Studies—Essays In Honor of the 50th Anniversary of Touro University. Retrieved from https://touroscholar.touro.edu/gssw_pubs/128
- Fishbane, S., & Levine, E. M. (2024). Ha-Tov v’ha-Meitiv: Contemporary Scholarship in Jewish Studies—Essays In Honor of the 50th Anniversary of Touro University. Retrieved from https://touroscholar.touro.edu/president_pubs/331
- Kaplan, Z. J., Lockshin, L. G., Fishbane, S., & Levine, E. M. (2024). Silent or Outspoken? Jewish Leadership and the Dreyfus Affair. Ha-Tov v'ha-Meitiv: Contemporary Scholarship in Jewish Studies—Essays in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of Touro University. Retrieved from https://touroscholar.touro.edu/gsjs_pubs/177
- Loike, J. D., Fishbane, S., & Levine, E. M. (2024). The Methodologies of Rabbi Moshe Tendler as a Posek. Ha-Tov v'ha-Meitiv: Contemporary Scholarship in Jewish Studies—Essays in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of Touro University. Retrieved from https://touroscholar.touro.edu/gsjs_pubs/178
- Bleich, J., Fishbane, S., & Levine, E. M. (2024). Stealing the Opponent’s Thunder: Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch and Reform. Ha-Tov v'ha-Meitiv: Contemporary Scholarship in Jewish Studies—Essays in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of Touro University. Retrieved from https://touroscholar.touro.edu/gsjs_pubs/179
- Boylan, S., Fishbane, S., & Levine, E. M. (2024). Ish U-Pekudato: The Mission-Driven Leadership of Dr. Bernard Lander. Ha-Tov v'ha-Meitiv: Contemporary Scholarship in Jewish Studies—Essays in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of Touro University. Retrieved from https://touroscholar.touro.edu/gsjs_pubs/180
