In this interview, I have the rare privilege of interviewing one of my meditation

teachers. His teachings and retreats have had a powerful impact on my practice.

Towards the end of this interview, Rabbi James takes us on a short meditation, please pull over for the end of this interview.

Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels Ph.D. is the founder and executive director of Or HaLev: Center for Jewish Spirituality and Meditation (http://orhalev.org/).

He has been studying and teaching meditation and Jewish spirituality for more than twenty-five years. He received his Ph.D. in Jewish Studies from the University of Chicago and rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Daniel Landes, the Rosh Yeshivah of Pardes, and from the Beit Midrash for an Israeli Rabbinate, a pluralisti ...