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Rabbi Lee Bycel

Rabbi Lee Bycel

Rabbi Lee Bycel is the rabbi emeritus of Congregation Beth Shalom in Napa, taught in the Swig program at University of San Francisco and served on the board of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. He lives in the East Bay and spends as much time as possible with his five grandchildren.

Adam Musa (left), who fled his village in West Darfur to escape violence committed by the Sudanese government, hugs Rabbi Lee Bycel at the Kounongo Refugee Camp in Chad in 2009. (Courtesy Lee Bycel)
Posted inLocal Voice

Sudan’s ongoing nightmare still deserves the world’s attention

Rabbi Lee Bycel by Rabbi Lee Bycel January 15, 2026January 21, 2026

In the Goz Amer Refugee Camp in Darfur, every day is marked by a single, haunting question for each person living there: Will I have enough food and water to […]

Eric Gattmann
Posted inCommunity, First Person, Obituaries, Jewish Life, Opinion

Remembering Eric Gattmann, an educator committed to justice

Rabbi Lee Bycel by Rabbi Lee Bycel September 28, 2021September 29, 2021
Officers taking a group of Central American asylum seekers into custody near McAllen, Texas, June 12, 2018. (Photo/JTA-John Moore-Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice

Yom HaShoah and the importance of welcoming the stranger

Rabbi Lee Bycel by Rabbi Lee Bycel April 7, 2021April 7, 2021
A destroyed Jewish clothing store in Magdeburg, Germany, after Kristallnacht, Nov. 11, 1938. (JTA)
Posted inOpinion

The glass is still breaking — remembering Kristallnacht in 2019

Rabbi Lee Bycel by Rabbi Lee Bycel November 7, 2019November 7, 2019
two men walk through bleak rows of small white tents
Posted inHigh Holidays

High Holidays are a time to help refugees — including the one inside of you

Rabbi Lee Bycel by Rabbi Lee Bycel September 10, 2019September 9, 2019
Rabbi Lee Bycel (right) with Juan, a deported man he met in Tijuana
Posted inLocal Voice, Rosh Hashanah, Holidays, Yom Kippur, Opinion

Bearing witness to injustice as we approach High Holidays

Rabbi Lee Bycel by Rabbi Lee Bycel August 31, 2018
Officers taking a group of Central American asylum seekers into custody near McAllen, Texas, June 12, 2018. (Photo/JTA-John Moore-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

World Refugee Day is June 20. This year, more than ever, it’s time to act.

Rabbi Lee Bycel by Rabbi Lee Bycel June 18, 2018June 19, 2018
Thousands of African asylum seekers and human rights activists protest in Tel Aviv, Feb. 21, 2018 (Photo/JTA-Tomer Neuberg-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael at 70

There is no moral dilemma: Let the asylum-seekers stay!

Rabbi Lee Bycel by Rabbi Lee Bycel April 5, 2018
Ivanka and Jared
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

An open letter to Jared Kushner

Rabbi Lee Bycel by Rabbi Lee Bycel February 6, 2017
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

Aleppo is calling upon us to act — we must not fail this time

Rabbi Lee Bycel by Rabbi Lee Bycel December 23, 2016May 15, 2017

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