Rabbis of LA

Guzik’s happiness is the result of finding a specific focus within her rabbinate for the first time.

Over the last year and a half, as the Covid-19 pandemic catapulted Cedars into crisis mode, families were prohibited from visiting their loved ones at bedside. Weiner got used to holding up smartphones so families could FaceTime.

Her journey from theater to Judaism is as much an adventure story as any other, catapulting her from the Five Towns of Long Island to the Ba’al Teshuva Haredi community in Sfat where she said her “neshama was born.” 

While no parent is immune to the challenges of child rearing, parenting a child with severe autism requires a different order of energy, patience and generosity.