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The Heresy of Jacob Frank is the first monograph on the religious philosophy of Jacob Frank (1726-1791), who, in the wake of false messiah Sabbetai Zevi, led the largest mass apostasy in Jewish history. Although he is now little-known, Frank was, in his day, perhaps the most notorious Jew in Europe, widely regarded as a scoundrel and a villain.
Dec 5, 2023 · Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson is the author of ten books, most recently "The Heresy of Jacob Frank: From Jewish Messianism to Esoteric Myth." He is an affiliated assistant professor at Chicago Theological Seminary and holds a Ph.D in Jewish Thought from Hebrew University and a J.D. from Yale Law School.
Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson is a journalist, professor, and meditation teacher. He is the author of ten books, including the bestselling "God vs. Gay? The Religious Case for Equality," and a ...
Jay Michaelson’s book has an authentic flavor that brings Hasidic wisdom to contemporary life. ~ Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, co-author of Jewish With Feeling and Credo of a Modern Kabbalist. The simplicity of being fully present in the body and the depth of Judaic spiritual tradition find a beautiful companionship in this book.
Dec 5, 2023 · Sex is sublimated religion.' Michaelson's achievement in these magical stories is to imagine just how that is so."--Rodger Kamenetz, author of The Jew in the Lotus and The Missing Jew: Poems 1976-2022 "Jay Michaelson's parable-esque short stories have a sizable dash of Isaac Bashevis Singer and a substantial dash of the queer modern mystic.
Jay Michaelson is an award-winning journalist, meditation teacher, podcast host, and author of ten books. MENU MENU. Books. The Secret that is not a Secret: ...
Michaelson founded two LGBT Jewish nonprofits and two international LGBT initiatives, and was the author of the 2011 bestseller and Lambda Literary Award finalist God vs. Gay? The Religious Case for Equality. A widely read commentator on contemporary Judaism, Dr. Michaelson was recently included on the Forward 50 list of influential American Jews.
