Jay Michaelson

Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson is a writer (most recent book: The Secret That is Not a Secret: Ten Heretical Tales), political commentator (CNN, Rolling Stone, Forward), professor (at Chicago Theological Seminary, Emory Center for Psychedelics and Religion), and a meditation teacher (New York Insight Meditation Center). The author of ten books, Dr. Michaelson holds a PhD in Jewish Thought from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a JD from Yale Law School, and nondenominational rabbinic ordination. His recent book, "The Heresy of Jacob Frank: From Jewish Messianism to Esoteric Myth," won the 2022 National Jewish Book Award for scholarship. .