Early 20th-century statue of Rabbi Judah Loew, the Maharal of Prague, legendary creator of the golem (and ancestor of Byron Sherwin), at Prague city hall

Rabbi Ariel Stone, the longest serving congregational rabbi in Portland Oregon, is privileged to support the emergence of 21st century Judaism with Shir Tikvah in the Commons, TischPDX, and the Clergy Leadership Incubator. She received her doctorate in Jewish Studies from Spertus Institute under the direction of Dr Sherwin ז״ל in 2010. See Because All Is One (written with Dr Sherwin’s guidance) and The Alef Bet of Death: Dying As A Jew for more of her teaching.