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Bycel grew up in Huntington Park, California . Bycel spent his 1977 honeymoon with his wife Judy in the Soviet Union opposing discrimination against Soviet Jews .[3] [6]
Bycel received a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of California at Berkeley , was ordained as a rabbi at the Hebrew Union College , and received a doctorate from the Claremont School of Theology .[5]
Humanitarian work and activism [ edit ]
Bycel has done humanitarian work in Chad and Darfur .[5] International Medical Corps , he has led relief trips to Kenya , Rwanda and Sudan ,[3] Haiti and Ethiopia .[5] [7]
He served as president of the Human Rights Commission of Los Angeles County .[8]
He has received the Humanitarian Award of the National Conference for Community and Justice .[9]
On November 7, 2014, he received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters decree from Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion .[6] David Ellenson of the college, at the dedication of the new synagogue building for Congregation Beth Shalom of the Napa Valley, and that congregation's 60th anniversary celebration.
Congregational work [ edit ]
Executive and board service [ edit ]
Bycel has served on the board of MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger and as president of the Brandeis-Bardin Institute .[11] [12] Robert Redford “to collaborate in cultivating creative, action-based solutions to some of today’s most compelling civic, environmental and social challenges.” [13] [14] Watershed: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New West , about western water issues.[15]
He is a senior moderator at the Aspen Institute ,[5] [9] [5]
On April 10, 2014, President Barack Obama announced his intention to nominate Bycel as a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council .[16] [6]
References [ edit ]
^ a b c "Congregation Beth Shalom welcomes Rabbi Lee Bycel as new Rabbinic Leader" . Napa Valley Register . Retrieved February 28, 2014 .
^ a b c d Palevsky, Stacey (June 22, 2007). "Activist rabbi returns to Bay Area with AJWS" . Jweekly San Francisco . Retrieved February 28, 2014 .
^ Pine, Dan (March 22, 2012). "Napa synagogue picks rabbi with passion for social issues" . Jweekly San Francisco . Retrieved February 28, 2014 .
^ a b c d e f "Lee Bycel: Adjunct Professor" . Jewish Studies & Social Justice . University of San Francisco . Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved February 28, 2014 .
^ a b c Rabbi Bycel receives honorary doctorate , Napa Valley Register
^ Forgey, Pat (October 7, 2006). "Rabbi speaks out on African genocide" . Juneau Empire . Retrieved February 28, 2014 .
^ "County Offers Hot Line for Reporting Conflict Situations" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved March 1, 2014 .
^ a b "Seminar Moderator Lee T. Bycel" . Seminars . Aspen Institute . 2014. Archived from the original on 2009-07-26. Retrieved February 28, 2014 .
^ "Get to Know Us" . Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple . 2014. Retrieved March 1, 2014 .
^ "Mazon Pledges Funds to Sudan" . The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles . Retrieved February 28, 2014 .
^ Quinn, Michelle (February 10, 2010). "Redford Honors Activism at Berkeley Center" . New York Times . Retrieved March 2, 2014 .
^ Palevsky, Stacey (April 30, 2009). "Local rabbi joins Robert Redford's newest initiative" . Jweekly San Francisco . Retrieved February 28, 2014 .
^ "Credo: Redford Center director Lee Bycel" . San Francisco Examiner . Retrieved February 28, 2014 .
^ "WATERSHED: EXPLORING A NEW WATER ETHIC FOR THE NEW WEST (USA, 2012, 50 min.)" . Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital . 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2014 .
^ White House Press Secretary (April 10, 2014). "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts" . whitehouse.gov National Archives .
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lee_Bycel&oldid=1150816941 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● A m e r i c a n R e f o r m r a b b i s ● L i v i n g p e o p l e ● U C B e r k e l e y C o l l e g e o f L e t t e r s a n d S c i e n c e a l u m n i ● H e b r e w U n i o n C o l l e g e – J e w i s h I n s t i t u t e o f R e l i g i o n a l u m n i ● 2 1 s t - c e n t u r y A m e r i c a n r a b b i s H i d d e n c a t e g o r y : ● Y e a r o f b i r t h m i s s i n g ( l i v i n g p e o p l e )
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
