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. She received the 2005 PaceSetter Award, was honored in 2006 as a Partner in Justice by Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps, and was featured in the documentary All of the Above: Single, Clergy, Mother. Rabbi Sol 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, she has a son and a daughter and lives on the Upper West Side.

Scott Siff is the co-founder of Quadrant Strategies, a consultancy based in Washington, D.C., that develops strategies for some of the world’s top companies on their brand, business, communications, and crisis challenges.