Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Rabbi Ezra Adler attended Telshe Yeshiva, Hechal Hatorah (Jerusalem) and Beth Medrash Govoha (Lakewood, New Jersey). He was an original member of the Dallas Area Torah Association (aka the Dallas Kollel), and a rebbe and secular studies teacher at Yeshiva Elementary School (Miami Beach, Florida). He and his wife, Chani, reside with their family in Chicago, Illinois, where he is a rebbe and secular studies teacher at Yeshivas Tiferes Tzvi.