Nate Levine was born and raised in upstate New York and spoke mainly Yiddish until he was 7 years old. Nate graduated from the RCA Institute of Technology in New York City and began his career repairing televisions. Ann Levine grew up in Woodbourne, New York with her parents and brother. She went to college at the Newpaultz Teachers College at State University of New York where she studied education. The two were introduced by a family friend of Ann’s after Nate made a service call to repair a broken television. After dating for four years, they married in Greenfield Park, New York, on June 21, 1964. Shortly after their marriage they moved to Spring Valley, New York, where Ann, following her passion of working with children, became a 5th grade teacher. Nate was eventually offered a position as Chief Engineer for Jerrold Electronics Systems Division and the young family moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The company was later sold to Sammons Communications, and the Levine family followed the company to Dallas in 1972. Nate nervously broke the news to Ann that his position was being moved to Dallas, believing she wouldn’t want to go, but she excitedly responded: “I always wanted to live in Texas. Let’s go!” At 40 years old, and just a few thousand dollars to his name, Nate resigned from his job with a secretary and the Wall Street Journal on his desk each morning, to build an opportunity to work for himself. Ann, with her faith in him, said, “Nate, I don’t know what you’re going to do, but whatever you do you’ll probably do fine. So you go ahead and do what you need to do.” This jump to Texas is just one example of how Nate and Ann’s marriage is a great example of an equal partnership. After the move, Ann began her career as a real estate agent and Nate took time to figure out his next moves. As their young family grew, Ann made it a point to instill a strong Jewish identity in her children. While helping to build up the Dallas Jewish community, she fought for Jewish representation in public schools, made sure her family observed Shabbat (no Friday night lights!), and encouraged her children’s involvement in BBYO, Camp Ramah, and URJ Greene Family Camp. LevineAcademy is proud to announceAnn and Nate Levine as the 2024 Levine Academy Gala honorees!
In the late 1970s, Nate started a business building and operating cable television; he created a new credit collections method serving cable systems and other firms across the nation. Eventually, Nate formed a real estate investment company which has holdings throughout Texas. In addition to their tremendous contributions to Ann & Nate Levine Academy, the Levines endowed a Chair for Jewish Studies at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and lead the capital campaign to renovate the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, of which Nate is a lifetime director on the Board. At the renaming event at Levine Academy on September 26, 2005, Ann said, “All it takes is one person and another and another and another to start a movement, that’s what we have here--a movement- -a movement for the continuity of the Jewish people; a movement we are proud to be a part of…Jewish education is alive and well in Dallas, Texas.”
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