Rabbi Moshe Smolkin is the senior rabbi at Adath Israel (Cincinnati, Ohio). He grew up in Texas and New Mexico and holds a B.A. from Brandeis and a M.A.T. in Mathematics Education from Tufts. He taught high school math in Boston, before attending the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at American Jewish University (AJU) in Los Angeles. While in rabbinical school, he interned as an interfaith chaplain, studied in Jerusalem, and served at Mishkon Tephilo in Venice, California. Rabbi Smolkin was ordained AJU in 2009, having twice received awards for his excellence in Talmud. He then served for 10 years as the rabbi at Ohavay Zion Synagogue in Lexington, Kentucky.