Rabbi Shai Held

Rabbi Shai Held is cofounder, rosh ha-yeshiva, and chair in Jewish thought atMechon Hadar in New York City. He is completing a doctoral dissertation on thereligious thought of Abraham Joshua Heschel at Harvard University. He contributedto Jewish Mysticism and the Spiritual Life: Classical Texts, Contemporary Reflections and Jewish Theology in Our Time: A New Generation Explores the Foundations andFuture of Jewish Belief (both Jewish Lights).

Rabbi Shai Held is cofounder, rosh ha-yeshiva, and chair in Jewish thought atMechon Hadar in New York City. He is completing a doctoral dissertation on thereligious thought of Abraham Joshua Heschel at Harvard University. He contributedto Jewish Mysticism and the Spiritual Life: Classical Texts, Contemporary Reflections and Jewish Theology in Our Time: A New Generation Explores the Foundations andFuture of Jewish Belief (both Jewish Lights). See less