Mathematics may seem like an odd means for building interfaith bridges, but mathematics teacher and consultant Sherri Adler has met people she would never have encountered without it. Adler lives in the Phoenix area and trains teachers in Singapore Math and Common Core standards. Until recently she was a partner and co-founder of SMARTTraining, LLC,…
Unlike the reaction Ed Asner received when he tried to introduce Heifer International to his rabbi, Portland synagogues have long supported that charity’s efforts to end poverty and hunger. This year Asner helped launch Heifer at Hanukkah and Congregation Shaarie Torah accepted the challenge to raise funds to buy a heifer. When Shaarie Torah Education…
I grew up at Leo Baeck Temple, a large Reform community in Los Angeles in the 1970s and ’80s. Then, as now, Leo Baeck was a hotbed of social action. Our founding rabbi, Leonard I. Beerman, was a compelling speaker and a brilliant orator who wove current events into his sermons like the blue threads…
