Background
Mendel, Norman Thau Son of Bernard and Martha Mendel.
Mendel, Norman Thau Son of Bernard and Martha Mendel.
Bachelor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1963. Biodiversity Heritage Library, HUC-JIR, Los Angeles, 1964—1964. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), HUC-JIR, Los Angeles, 1968.
Ordination - Rabbi, HUC-JIR, Cincinnati, 1968. MAHL, HUC-JIR, Cincinnati, 1968. Ordination, HUC-JIR, Cincinnati, 1968.
Doctor of Letters in Philosophy, University South AFrica, Pretoria, 1984. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute Religion, Los Angeles, 1993.
Rabbi Temple Beth Torah, Fremont, California, 1968—1970. Associate rabbi Bnai Jehudah, Kansas, Missouri, 1970—1974. Rabbi Temple Beth El, Boca Raton, Florida, 1974—1978, Temple Emanuel, Johannesburg, 1978—1996, senior rabbi Wocester, Massachusetts, 1986—1991.
Rabbi Congregation Beth Israel, Carmel, California, 1991. Vice president City Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, 1991—1997. Rabbi Congregation Beth David, San Luis Obispo, 1998—2009, rabbi emeritus, since 2009.
Professor Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, 1999—2008, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, 1999.
Co-chair, slo county ADL, San Luis Obispo, 2009. Board member French Hospital Medical Center, 2009.
Married Heather North America Dubowitz, September 19, 1878. Children: Justin Ivor Dubowitz, Lisa Deborah Hirsa, David Sherman.