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Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson is…![]()
… a journalist on CNN Tonight and at Rolling Stone, having been a columnist for The Daily Beast for eight years. Jay has written over 1400 articles on the Supreme Court, religion, LGBTQ issues, climate change, and other topics. He just won the 2023 New York Society for Professional Journalists ‘Deadline Club’ award for opinion writing.
… a rabbi and meditation teacher who has written several books on meditation, religion, and spirituality. Jay was also an editor and podcast host for Ten Percent Happier for four years.
… an affiliated assistant professor at Chicago Theological Seminary and visiting fellow at the Center for LGBTQ Studies in Religion. Jay holds a Ph.D. in Jewish Thought from Hebrew University and a J.D. from Yale Law School. His tenth book, The Heresy of Jacob Frank: From Jewish Messianism to Esoteric Myth, published by Oxford University Press, won the 2022 National Jewish Book Award for scholarship.
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Recent work on politics & law
Breaking the Rule of Law to Defend Donald TrumpApril 5, 2022 in Rolling Stone ![]() There are a Lot of Jews in Hollywood. Let a Rabbi Explain Why.December 11, 2022 in Rolling Stone It Looks Like the Supreme Court Will Not Blow Up Our Democracy (for Now)December 7, 2022 in New York
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Recent work on religion, spirituality, & meditation
The Paradoxes of Ethical Mysticism B’nai Keshet, November 2022
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Newest Book
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