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Rabbi Lee Bycel

Rabbi Lee Bycel

Rabbi Lee Bycel is the Sinton visiting professor of Holocaust, Genocide and Refugee Studies at the University of San Francisco. He is the author of “Refugees in America: Stories of Resilience, Courage and Hope.”

Recent Stories

Apr 7, 2021

Yom HaShoah and the importance of welcoming the stranger

Nov 7, 2019

The glass is still breaking — remembering Kristallnacht in 2019

Sep 10, 2019

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

Aug 31, 2018

During High Holidays, bear witness to injustice

Jun 18, 2018

World Refugee Day is June 20. Time to act.

Apr 5, 2018

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

Feb 6, 2017

An open letter to Jared Kushner

Dec 23, 2016

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

Jul 29, 2016

Holocaust education needs to shift its focus from villains to heroes

Apr 29, 2016

Opinions | The fifth child the empty seat at our communal Passover table

Apr 10, 2015

Never again is easy to say. But ending genocide requires action.

Sep 26, 2014

Take the holiday challenge: Put Darfur back on Jewish radar

Dec 21, 2012

As Jews, we must act against gun violence now

Nov 4, 2011

Helping those in need is a never-ending journey

May 13, 2011

Getting ready for the birth of a new country: South Sudan

Sep 25, 2009

New Years visit tells Darfuri refugees that we do care

Aug 1, 2008

What better time than the Olympics to extinguish the flames of oppression

Oct 6, 2006

Ethiopian Jews continue to wait despite promises

Oct 21, 2005

Yom Kippur fast among starving refugees

Apr 29, 2005

It is up to us to help Sudanese refugees

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