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Honoring the Career of Burt Siegel.
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WHEREAS, The Council of the City of Philadelphia is pleased and proud to honor Mr. Burt Siegel for his several years of civic and community service to the citizens and institutions of the City of Philadelphia through his outstanding career in the field of community and human relations; and
WHEREAS, Burt Siegel was born in Bayonne, NJ in 1943 and attended Rutgers University where he majored in History and received a Masters Degree in Sociology and Education and he came to Philadelphia in 1970 to work for the Southeast Regional office of the American Jewish Committee and since 1973, Mr. Siegel has been working for the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia; and
WHEREAS, In his career with the Jewish Community Relations Council, Mr. Siegel has served as its first Director of Urban Affairs, then Associate Executive Director, and for the past 13 years, Executive Director, and in this capacity, he has been one of the region's most recognized and honored advocate for the promotion of better relations between various religious communities; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Siegel was appointed by three Mayors to serve on the City's Commission on Human Relations and has served with distinction on this body for sixteen years, of which the last eight, he has served as Vice Chairman and he has served on numerous committees, advisory boards, and taskforces of the City of Philadelphia and the School District of Philadelphia dealing with issues ranging from the quality of public education, curricula development, school safety, and intergroup tension; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Siegel has taught at both the college and secondary school levels and just completed ten years of teaching at a congregational Hebrew high school. He has also been an instructor at the Philadelphia Police Academy and has been a guest lecturer and scholar in residence in the Un...
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