Rabbi Zoë Klein Miles

Rabbi Zoë Klein Miles is the senior rabbi of Temple Isaiah in Los Angeles, CA, and the author of multiple novels, including Drawing in the Dust, The Scroll of Anatiya, and The Goblins of Knottingham: A History of Challah, and she has written chapters in a number of collections, including The Women’s Torah Commentary, Teen Texts, and Holy Ground: A Gathering of Voices on Caring for Creation. 

Torrah and Kippah

Imagining the Scroll of Caleb

Rabbi Zoë Klein Miles
In our Torah portion, Moses begins his grand oration, recounting the journey of his people as they stand poised to enter the land of promise. Moses recalls God's angry vow: "Not one of the men [counted in the census], this evil generation, shall see the good land that I swore
Torrah and Kippah

The Death of Miriam, the Death of Aaron, the Death of Moses, the Death of Me

Rabbi Zoë Klein Miles
Death flows like a stream throughout Parashat Chukat —from the laws about repurification after contact with a corpse, to the death of Moses’s sister Miriam, to the death of his brother, Aaron. Immediately after Miriam’s death, the Israelites quarrel with her brothers Moses and Aaron for lack of water. On
a bonfire

Readings on Fire

Rabbi Zoë Klein Miles
It is written in Deuteronomy 12:6-7: There you are to bring your burnt offerings and other sacrifices, your tithes and contributions,

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