Rabbi James Jacobson Maisels

Rabbi James Jacobson Maisels is the founder of the Or HaLev: Center for Jewish Spirituality and Meditation, which organizes silent Jewish meditation retreats aroud the world. Ordained by Rav Daniel Landes, with a doctorate in Jewish Studies from the University of Chicago, he is a devotee of mindfulness practice. Rav James lectures internationally on Jewish Spiritual practices and teaches at Haifa University, the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies and Yeshivat Hadar. He strives to integrate his study with his practice and to live Judaism as a spiritual discipline.

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