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Rachel Raskin-Zrihen

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.

Mendel Rice, who is likely the first shochet in the history of Solano County, visiting the Maui Kosher Farm in Hawaii, Sept. 2022. (Photo/Courtesy Rice)
Posted inReligion

This animal lover is becoming a ritual slaughterer to fulfill a higher purpose 

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen September 20, 2023September 21, 2023

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 […]

Rabbi Levi Potash putting the finishing touches on a Torah scroll.
Posted inBay Area

Redwood City rabbi’s new role as ritual scribe fits him to a ‘tav’

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen April 3, 2023April 5, 2023
Dead trees in the Jewish section of Sunrise Cemetery in Vallejo. (Photo/Shulamit Rosner)
Posted inNews

Jewish section of Vallejo cemetery in sorry state, say disappointed locals

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen October 3, 2022October 3, 2022
Students at Sacramento Jewish Academy in Granite Bay.
Posted inNorthern California

Sacramento-area school fills void for region’s growing Chabad community

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Sue Fishkoff and Rachel Raskin-Zrihen September 20, 2022September 23, 2022
Campers from the Fremont Gan Israel day camp enjoy a day at Six Flags, July 1, 2021.
Posted inBay Area

‘Birthright Judaism’ camp scholarship program helps families

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen July 27, 2021August 3, 2021
Progressive Zionists of California organizers Matthew Finkelstein and Susan George of Vallejo.
Posted inNews

California progressives get pushback on Zionism ‘litmus test’

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen February 9, 2021February 10, 2021
Democratic Majority for Israel supporters at the 2019 California Democratic Party convention. (Photo/Courtesy DMFI)
Posted inNews

California progressives issue Zionism ‘litmus test,’ pro-Israel delegates say

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen January 25, 2021January 25, 2021
Vallejo Police Lt. Michael Nichelini with his father, former Police Chief Robert Nichelini. (Photo/Facebook)
Posted inNews

Vallejo police investigate swastika-like symbol on internal communication

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen October 13, 2020October 13, 2020
Progressive Zionists of California organizers Matthew Finkelstein and Susan George of Vallejo.
Posted inNews

New Jewish Democratic club launched in Solano County

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen October 5, 2020October 6, 2020
a young black woman wearing a facemask hefts brown bags of groceries
Posted inNews

Young Jews with pandemic blahs rise to ‘serve the moment’

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen August 17, 2020August 18, 2020

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