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Jay Michaelson is an award-winning journalist, meditation teacher, podcast host, and author of ten books.

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- The Heresy of Jacob Frank:From Jewish Messianism to Esoteric Myth
  
  Enlightenment by Trial and ErrorTen years on the Slippery Slopes of Jewish Spirtuality, Postmodern Buddhism, and Other Mystical Heresies
  
  The Gate of TearsSadness and the Spiritual Path
  
  Evolving DharmaMeditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment
  
  Redefining Religious LibertyThe Covert Campaign Against Civil Rights
  
  God vs Gay?The Religious Case for Equality
  
  Everything is GodThe Radical Path of Nondual Judaism
  
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Recent Articles

Why ‘Patriots’ Will Always Hate Queers Like Us

May 29th, 2023 in Rolling Stone
Boring is Good: The Moral Case for Joe Biden

Apr 25th, 2023 in Rolling Stone
Republicans Want to Break the Rule of Law to Protect Donald Trump

Apr 5th, 2023 in Rolling Stone
A Place for the Primal

Mar 11th, 2023 in My Jewish Learning
At Florida Universities, Big Brother DeSantis Is Watching

Jan 12th, 2023 in Rolling Stone
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Jun 17th, 2023
Celebrating Gender Diversity in Jewish Text, Tradition, and Theology | Bet Am Shalom, White Plains NY
Bet Am Shalom (and online) in White Plains, NJ

Jun 22nd, 2023
Heretical, Psychedelic, Hybridistic, Kabbalistic Jewish Mysticism : Embodying Multiple Realms (with Taya Shere) | Mystics Summit
Mystics Summit in Online

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Happy Pride! On Saturday, June 17, I'll be teachin

Happy Pride! On Saturday, June 17, I'll be teaching about on gender diversity in Jewish tradition, values, and theology -- in-person at Bet Am Shalom in White Plains, and online. The talk is at 1pm ET. Admission is free but registration is required, at https://betamshalom.org/ or at the link in my bio.

Exceptionally good life advice from #tennesseewill

Exceptionally good life advice from #tennesseewilliams . I unconsciously followed this advice before I knew it existed.

A lot of the recent anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and violen

A lot of the recent anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and violence has come not from overtly religious sources, but from right-wing "patriots." What is going on? I take a close look in @rollingstone this week. (Link in bio)

There is a war on LGBTQ people in this country --

There is a war on LGBTQ people in this country -- trans people most of all, but all of us are being targeted (no pun intended) with new kinds of silencing and discrimination. Here's a short clip from @cnn tonight about the moral costs of this misguided crusade.

To all those celebrating this evening, may you hav

To all those celebrating this evening, may you have a joyous #shavuot -- the holiday of revelation.

My prediction on the #debtceiling crisis: an "emer

My prediction on the #debtceiling crisis: an "emergency option" is likely to be used, and this whole matter is going to the courts. @cnn #cnntonight @alisyncamerota

Honored to be awarded the NY Society for Professio

Honored to be awarded the NY Society for Professional Journalists deadline club award for opinion writing. Thank you @rollingstone for the support !

How to be the messiah, by 13th century Kabbalist #

How to be the messiah, by 13th century Kabbalist #abrahamabulafia . What a remarkable redefinition.

I've had enough of living in interesting times. I'

I've had enough of living in interesting times. I'd like four years of boring, please. My new piece on the Biden announcement, in @rollingstone .

Happy to talk to WGVU about heresy, spiritual inno

Happy to talk to WGVU about heresy, spiritual innovation, ambiguity, and of course #jacobfrank . Link in bio to listen.

The vague borderlands between enlightenment and de

The vague borderlands between enlightenment and derangement, so beautifully rendered by #virginiawoolf , particularly in this budding Spring season in the northern hemisphere.

Excited to be talking with Melila Hellner-Eshed an

Excited to be talking with Melila Hellner-Eshed and @sam.shonkoff about psychedelics and Judaism at Harvard Divinity School later this month. The event is free and online - register at https://cswr.hds.harvard.edu/ or at the link in my bio.

It's a nice irony -- having spent decades politici

It's a nice irony -- having spent decades politicizing the legal system, Republicans now complain about politicizing the legal system. Link in bio -- I'll be on @cnn tonight talking about this some time between 9pm and 11pm ET tonight (Friday).

I find this poignant and true, from the sublime to

I find this poignant and true, from the sublime to the ridiculous. Even when our pre-frontal cortex knows a pattern is unhelpful, other parts of the brain follow it out of fear of the unknown, whether it's a religious practice or doctrine, or a relationship pattern, or a self-defeating story, or so many other examples.

This really is a fun new gig on @cnn . I usually d

This really is a fun new gig on @cnn . I usually don't get a lot of advance notice of when I'll be on -- follow me on Twitter, which is where I post about it.

Discussed: After the Ecstasy the Laundry, the nost

Discussed: After the Ecstasy the Laundry, the nostalgia of Billy Joel, seed retention as spiritual practice, the meaning of enlightenment, and a track-by-track analysis of the #velvetunderground 's "quiet album." Link in bio for the two hour podcast ep!

Calling my own number on this one. I feel like thi

Calling my own number on this one. I feel like this is the defining distinction between the contemplative practice I love and the various forms of spirituality that I find... not for me. #buddha #buddhism #jubu

Happy to share that I'll be an occasional panelist

Happy to share that I'll be an occasional panelist/pundit on @CNN Tonight, a nightly free-for-all about the news. I'll try to post in advance of my next hit. Here's the moment where everyone enjoyed laughing at me as an author who I'd criticized got the chance to respond live on air...

Bringing together the #redheifer , #larsvontrier ,

Bringing together the #redheifer , #larsvontrier , #purim , #passover , and #paganism . Link in bio to article at @myjewishlearningcom .

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