Joe Klein is Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Emanu-El (Oak Park, MI). Following his ordination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion he served as senior rabbi of congregations in Terre Haute IN and Chattanooga TN where he also taught at Indiana State University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at Oakland University and Rochester Christian University, both in Rochester, MI, where he teaches the Book of Genesis, among other courses.