“Our hope and dream in supporting the Center is to offer all members, young and old, a place to learn, innovate, create, communicate and enjoy together,” shared Leonard Kleinrock and Stella Schuler Kleinrock. “One of the common themes in our professional and personal lives has always been a commitment to education, innovation, and improvement in people’s communication skills and opportunities. The Center resonated with both of our interests and life’s work and will embody the realization of our dreams.”

Located in the newly refurbished Joan & Ephraim Sales Community Center at Temple Isaiah, this Center will be a place for members to develop as leaders, teachers, visionaries, and co-builders of the Temple’s incredible community. The Center will be committed to disrupting the traditional format of frontal preaching and teaching. Instead, it will increase efforts to identify potential leaders of all ages, with diverse voices, who have great ideas and gifts to share. The Center will help them find a meaningful pathway in service to the larger community.

“The Center for Innovation will be a makerspace. It is a spiritual laboratory. It is a Center for growth, both in tradition and innovation,” said Senior Rabbi Dara Frimmer. “Thanks to the generosity of Leonard Kleinrock and Stella Schuler Kleinrock, our members will be able to be “co-builders”, learning to become leaders in their families and community, with an impact that reaches beyond the walls of our Temple.”