Jay Michaelson

JAY MICHAELSON holds a PhD in Jewish Thought from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a JD from Yale Law School, and nondenominational rabbinic ordination, and is the author of ten books. His recent books include The Heresy of Jacob Frank: From Jewish Messianism to Esoteric Myth, Everything Is God: The Radical Path of Nondual Judaism and God in Your Body: Kabbalah, Mindfulness and Embodied Spiritual Practice.

The Heresy of Jacob Frank won the National Jewish Book Award for scholarship. Michaelson has taught at Yale University, Boston University, and Chicago Theological Seminary, and contributes to Rolling Stone and New York magazine.

When he’s not writing, Michaelson works as a rabbi, meditation teacher, and visiting scholar at the Emory Center for Psychedelics and Spirituality. Much of his work explores the intersections of Jewish thought, spirituality, and practice.

Jay Michaelson’s books are published by Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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