Mendel Rice of Vacaville loves animals, and always has. Yet he has chosen to become a shochet, a ritual slaughterer. Rice sees no contradiction. In fact, the 33-year-old rabbi says […]
Rachel Raskin-Zrihen
Rachel Raskin-Zrihen is a longtime Bay Area journalist and co-author of the book "Jewish Community of Solano County." She is a wife and mother of two grown sons and grandmother of three.