Jay Michaelson is a writer, scholar, and activist whose work addresses the intersections of Judaism, sexuality, spirituality, and law.
As a writer, Jay is is the author of three books and over 200 articles, essays, and works of fiction. He is a columnist for the Forward, the Huffington Post, Tikkun, and Reality Sandwich magazine, and the author of Everything is God: The Radical Path of Nondual Judaism (2009), God in Your Body: Kabbalah, Mindfulness, and Embodied Spiritual Practice (2006), and Another Word for Sky: Poems (2008). He is also the founding editor of Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture, and a contributor to Slate, The Jerusalem Post, and other publications.
As an activist, Jay is the executive director of Nehirim, a nonprofit organization which builds community for GLBT Jews, partners, and allies. His work in this area has been published in anthologies including Torah Queeries, The Passionate Torah: Sex and Judaism, and Righteous Indignation: A Jewish Call for Justice, and featured in the New York Times and NPR.