Rabbi Dr. James Jacobson-Maisels

Founder & Executive Director

Rav James leads and directs the vision of Or HaLev.

Ordained by Rav Daniel Landes, with a doctorate in Jewish Studies from the University of Chicago, he has been studying and teaching meditation and Jewish spirituality for twenty five years.

He was the founding Rosh Yeshiva of Romemu Yeshiva and has taught and innovated programs in Jewish thought, mysticism, spiritual practices and meditation at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, Haifa University, Yeshivat Hadar and in a variety of settings around the world.

He strives to integrate his study with his practice, and to help teach and live Judaism as a spiritual discipline.