Jay Michaelson

Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson is the author of nine books, including his newest, “Enlightenment by Trial and Error.” He holds a Ph.D in Jewish Thought from Hebrew University and a J.D. from Yale Law School, and is currently a senior editor for the Ten Percent Happier meditation platform and a columnist for New York Magazine.


Articles by Jay Michaelson

What It Feels Like to Fast

Recovering the benefits of denial.

Hanukkah Meditation

The miracle of the real.

Gay History in the Making, I Guess

Today was the day that we’d worked for all these years: finally the doors of the Conservative movement have been ...

My Statement

STATEMENT BY JAY MICHAELSON, DIRECTOR OF NEHIRIM (A NATIONAL JEWISH GAY & LESBIAN ORGANIZATION), FROM PRESS CONFERENCE ON CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT ...

Shabbat and Meditation: Just Be It

How mindfulness can deepen your Shabbat experience — and vice versa