Biography
Rabbi Sol has served as a rabbi at BJ since 2001, becoming the first woman to serve as a rabbi to the community in the congregation’s almost 200-year history.
Rabbi Sol began her initial involvement with the BJ community when she was still a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College. While serving as Family and Youth Director, she created Pnei Shabbat, B’nai Jeshurun’s families’ prayer book.
After Rabbi Sol’s ordination, she became a Marshall T. Meyer Rabbinic Fellow at BJ. During that time, Rabbi Sol edited Zimrat Yah: Prayers and Songs for Shabbat and Festivals.
After two years under the mentorship of Rabbis J. Rolando Matalon and Marcelo Bronstein, Rabbi Sol joined her teachers in their rabbinic partnership.
She received the 2005 PaceSetter Award and was honored in 2006 as a Partner in Justice by Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps.
Rabbi Sol was featured in the documentary All of the Above: Single, Clergy, Mother and has an essay in the book Faithfully Feminist: Jewish, Christian and Muslim Feminists on Why We Stay.
Rabbi Sol earned a BA in Developmental Psychology and Education from Tufts University, a Masters in Jewish Education from the Rhea Hirsch School of Education of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York, her Masters of Hebrew Letters (1996) and rabbinic ordination (1999) also from HUC-JIR.
She served on the board of Bend the Arc for 15 years, and is a member of the rabbinic council of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice.
Raised in Connecticut, Rabbi Sol has a son and a daughter and lives on the Upper West Side.
Articles Written by
Felicia L. Sol
Responding to the Crisis of Homelessness
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- By J. Rolando Matalon and Felicia L. Sol
Homelessness has been a painful, difficult and persistent issue in New York City since the 1970's, and ther...
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Find Your Waze to the Light: Our High Holy Days Journey
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- By J. Rolando Matalon and Felicia L. Sol
Today is Rosh Hodesh Elul—the beginning of the month before the High Holy Days. So, as we do every year, ou...
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Homelessness in our Community
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- By J. Rolando Matalon and Felicia L. Sol and Rebecca Weintraub and Rabbi Shuli Passow and Larissa Wohl
Over the past few weeks, a controversy has erupted on the Upper West Side regarding the temporary use of lo...
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We Will Do and We Will Listen
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- By J. Rolando Matalon and Felicia L. Sol and Rabbi Shuli Passow
The Jewish community, our community, has a sacred calling to truly become a holy community, honor the digni...
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Our High Holy Days Plans
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- By J. Rolando Matalon and Felicia L. Sol
And so while it is clear we cannot celebrate the Yamim Nora’im together in person this year, the BJ communi...
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Welcome Rabbi Rebecca Weintraub
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- By J. Rolando Matalon and Felicia L. Sol
Ever since Rebecca’s visit to our community in January, we have been excited at the possibility of her join...
Read MoreToward Shabbat: Naso
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- By Felicia L. Sol and Denisha Green
I am not living in a Black body and therefore today I want to give voice to one of our beloved staff member...
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A Time of Pain and Fury
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- By J. Rolando Matalon and Felicia L. Sol
These are days of pain, rage, and fury. The vicious murder of George Floyd—a veritable lynching—is the late...
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Toward Shabbat: Tazria-Mezora
My son Aiden turned double digits last week. The number celebrates his ten years of life and mine as a pare...
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Responding to the Crisis of Homelessness
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- By J. Rolando Matalon and Felicia L. Sol
Homelessness has been a painful, difficult and persistent issue in New York City since the 1970's, and there are presently more people experiencing...
Read More
Find Your Waze to the Light: Our High Holy Days Journey
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- By J. Rolando Matalon and Felicia L. Sol
Today is Rosh Hodesh Elul—the beginning of the month before the High Holy Days. So, as we do every year, our community embarks, individually and co...
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Homelessness in our Community
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- By J. Rolando Matalon and Felicia L. Sol and Rebecca Weintraub and Rabbi Shuli Passow and Larissa Wohl
Over the past few weeks, a controversy has erupted on the Upper West Side regarding the temporary use of local hotels to shelter men experiencing h...
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We Will Do and We Will Listen
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- By J. Rolando Matalon and Felicia L. Sol and Rabbi Shuli Passow
The Jewish community, our community, has a sacred calling to truly become a holy community, honor the dignity and equality of all, and embody the v...
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Our High Holy Days Plans
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- By J. Rolando Matalon and Felicia L. Sol
And so while it is clear we cannot celebrate the Yamim Nora’im together in person this year, the BJ community will come together as one, with a sha...
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Welcome Rabbi Rebecca Weintraub
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- By J. Rolando Matalon and Felicia L. Sol
Ever since Rebecca’s visit to our community in January, we have been excited at the possibility of her joining us as assistant rabbi. Becca was ord...
Read MoreToward Shabbat: Naso
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- By Felicia L. Sol and Denisha Green
I am not living in a Black body and therefore today I want to give voice to one of our beloved staff members Denisha Green, our Senior Staff Accoun...
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A Time of Pain and Fury
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- By J. Rolando Matalon and Felicia L. Sol
These are days of pain, rage, and fury. The vicious murder of George Floyd—a veritable lynching—is the latest of a long chain of murders of Black p...
Read More
Toward Shabbat: Tazria-Mezora
My son Aiden turned double digits last week. The number celebrates his ten years of life and mine as a parent. It’s hard to believe.
Read More