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October 23, 2023 |

CNN: The Toxic Discourse about the Israel-Hamas War

Jay Michaelson and Natasha Alford join CNN's Abby Phillip for a frank conversation both about the war and about the targeting of Muslims and Jews in America.

October 21, 2023 | ,

The State of Belief Podcast: Religious Leaders on the Violence in the Middle East

Jay joins Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, along with Dr. Celene Ibrahim and Rev. Fred Davie, to discuss the brutal violence in Israel and Gaza.

October 4, 2023 |

Tricycle: Seeing Clearly In Order to Act Clearly

Jay discusses Ajahn Sucitto's concept of atammayata, which advocates for a clear-sighted allowance that enables one to see and act with clarity.

August 9, 2023 |

CNN: Rage in America, A Brawl in Montgomery, AL

Videos of a fight between a group of white pontoon boat owners, a Black boat co-captain, and several bystanders have gone viral, pointing to what Jay Michaelson calls "a paroxysm of rage in America."

July 25, 2023 |

CNN: Are Anti-Israel Comments Equivalent to RFK Jr.’s Antisemitism?

Jay Michaelson and Scott Jennings discuss RFK Jr.'s antisemitic comments and Rep. Pramila Jayapal's controversial comment about Israel and debate whether there is a double-standard.

July 7, 2023 |

White Flag Podcast: Supreme Court on Discrimination vs. Free Speech

Jay joins Joe Walsh to parse the Supreme Court's decision 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, which ruled that a web designer could not be forced to design a website for a same sex wedding.

July 6, 2023 |

CNN: “Deprogramming” the Trump Cult

Jay Michaelson discusses how people (on right and left) develop conspiratorial and group-think beliefs... and how they can be coaxed out of them.

July 3, 2023 |

CNN: SCOTUS Anti-Gay Web Designer Case

June 15, 2023 |

CNN: Trans Activist Banned from White House

June 5, 2023 |

CNN: On Schools Removing Bibles from Libraries

June 3, 2023 |

State of Belief Podcast: The Convergence of Gun Idolatry & White Christian Identity

Jay joins host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush to discuss the convergence of gun idolatry and white Christian identity, and the recent political religious efforts to influence judicial nominations.

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June 2, 2023 |

CNN: The Moral Case for Defending Trans People

June 1, 2023 |

CNN: The GOP vs. Big Business?

May 19, 2023 |

CNN: Did the Framers intend for Gun Fetishism?

May 19, 2023 |

CNN: Debating GOP Position on Gun Control with Joe Pinion

April 27, 2023 |

Harvard Divinity School | Are Psychedelics Theologically Significant for Judaism?

This panel, hosted by the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School, reflects on the surge of interest in psychedelic substances and on non-ordinary experiences in Jewish life and theology.

March 5, 2023 |

Talk Gnosis Podcast: Jacob Frank: His Heresies, His Influence

Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson discusses his new book "The Heresy of Jacob Frank From Jewish Messianism to Esoteric Myth," a groundbreaking study of Jacob Frank, clearing up many misconceptions and laying out his surprising influence on the modern world.

December 10, 2022 |

Rabbis Dan Ehrenkrantz and Jay Michaelson: Nonduality and “Advanced” Spirituality

December 6, 2022 | ,

New Books Network Podcast: The Heresy of Jacob Frank

Dr. Michaelson talks with Professor Schneur Zalman Newfield about "The Heresy of Jacob Frank: From Jewish Messianism to Esoteric Myth."

November 23, 2022 | ,

Evolve Podcast: Why an 18th Century Opponent of Rabbinic Authority Matters Today

Jay Michaelson spent 20 years researching Jacob Frank for his new book, "The Heresy of Jacob Frank: From Jewish Messianism to Esoteric Myth." Here he joins the Evolve Podcast from Reconstructing Judaism and explains why Frank’s radical philosophy may have been a precursor to how many non-Orthodox Jews relate to tradition today.

November 19, 2022 |

One Fierce Heart Podcast: The Power of Meditation

Jay discusses meditation, religion, and how they can go awry on the One Fierce Heart podcast.

October 3, 2022 |

The Queernesses of Jewish Heresy

From the 17th to 19th centuries, European Judaism witnessed an eruption of ecstasy and eros in a series of heretical and quasi-heretical movements, beginning with the failed messiahs Sabbetai Zevi (1626-76) and Jacob Frank (1726-1791), and continuing through the ‘domestication’ of Sabbateanism by the Hasidism of the Baal Shem Tov (1698-1760) and his followers.  These movements offered intensified spiritual experiences, complete with sublimated and non-sublimated erotic expression.  They were also, in various ways, queer, including the ambiguously gendered Sabbetai, the liberation of sexuality as harbinger of the messianic age, the leadership and power of women in Sabbatean and Frankist communities, the female messiah in Frank’s imaginaire, and sexualized worship and homoerotic/homosocial bonds among the Hasidim.

October 3, 2022 |

Shift Summit: The Paradoxes of Ethical Mysticism

Deep mystical practice often engenders powerful peak experiences.  Yet ethical commitments to meaningfully reduce suffering — for oneself and especially for others — requires a holding lightly of these experiences, intuitions, and insights.  Drawing on Biblical, Kabbalistic, Dharmic, and contemporary entheogenic sources, this session explores the dance between these poles as part of the contemporary mystic quest.

 

August 22, 2022 |

Judaism Unbound Podcast: More Religious Heresy

Jay joins Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg to discuss his most recent book, The Heresy of Jacob Frank, introducing the wild world that was Jacob Frank's life and connecting Frank's 18th-century ideas to the present-day.

June 16, 2022 |

Take It On Podcast: Mastering Mindfulness with Meditation

Jay joins Reid Milkens and Jonah Jacobs to explore the challenges facing Gen Z and provide practical steps to develop healthier relationships with our emotions.

June 13, 2022 |

Identity / Crisis Podcast: Jews, Gun Violence, and the Second Amendment

On the Identity/Crisis podcast, Jay Michaelson joins Yehuda Kurtzer to discuss gun control, the Second Amendment, and what it means to be part of a political culture that cannot keep its citizens safe.

December 11, 2021 |

State of Belief Podcast: Jay and Rev. Welton Gaddy on partisanship in the Supreme Court

Jay joins Rev. Welton Gaddy to discuss two Supreme Court cases -- Carson v. Makin, and Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization -- and what their possible decisions hold for the future.

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October 1, 2021 |

New York Insight Meditation Center: Consolations of the Triple Gem

In a talk at the New York Insight Meditation Center in October 2021, Jay explores the ways in which the Buddha Dharma offers more than meditative skills, and provides consolation in challenging times.

August 13, 2021 |

Contact Chai Podcast: The High Holidays

Rabbi Lizzi is joined by Jay Michaelson, a writer who works at the intersection of politics and spirituality, to discuss the power, potential and pitfalls in mining our shared tradition's liturgy, practices and themes.

June 8, 2021 |

The One You Feed Podcast: Enlightenment by Trial and Error with Jay Michaelson

In this episode, Eric and Jay discuss his book, Enlightenment by Trial and Error, how Jay's LGBT activist work and meditation work enrich each other, and the commonality between Buddhist and Jewish spiritual practices.

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