Jay Michaelson

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Jay Michaelson is a writer, teacher, and scholar in the USA. His work invloves spirituality, Judaism, sexuality, and law. He has written two books, God in Your Body: Kabbalah, Mindfulness, and Embodied Spiritual Practice (2006) and Another Word for Sky: Poems (2007). Michaelson has been a leading voice in "New Jewish Culture," alternative Jewish spirituality, and GLBT activism. He has been published in numerous publications, including The Jerusalem Post and The Forward. Michaelson has also founded a number of organizations as mouthpieces for his own thoughts as well as the thoughts of the hundreds of subscribers, contributors, and participants, such as Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture and Nehirim, an organization for GLBT Jewish culture and spirituality.

[edit] Works

God in Your Body: Kabbalah, Mindfulness, and Embodied Spiritual Practice. Michaelson's first book, God In Your Body, discusses a embodied path to spirituality. Culling from mystical and traditional Jewish traditions, as well as Buddhism, mediation, and the cosmopolitan experience, God in Your Body describes ways through which to feel the presence of God in the body.^[1]

Another Word for Sky. Michaelson's first book of poetry reflects on many of the issues explored in his previous work. From spirituality and mysticism to materialism and sexuality, Another Word for Sky explores a wide array of topics through verse.^[2]

[edit] Organizations

Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture. Jay Michaelson is the founding editor of Zeek, which he founded in 2002. The monthly online publication supplemented with the semi-annual print edition has been the premier publication for "New Jewish Culture." Zeek publishes art, essays, ficiton, and poetry. While Jewish culture magazines or webzines have been on the rise in the past 5 years, Zeek's unique intellectual tone and wide array of material has set it apart.

Nehirim. Jay is the founder of Nehirim, an organization for GLBT Jewish culture and spirituality. Nehirim provides for retreat and events to celebrate and explore the unique GLBT culture within the Jewish community.