Jay Michaelson

author and journalist

Jay Michaelson will be a visiting professor at Harvard Law School in 2025. He clerked for Judge Merrick Garland on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, was the Supreme Court columnist for the Daily Beast for eight years, and is the author of the bestselling book God vs. Gay? The Religious Case for Equality. He holds a JD from Yale, a PhD in religion from Hebrew University, and nondenominational rabbinic ordination.


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Jay Michaelson

3mos ago
MS NOW Opinion

Why progressives must urgently condemn the antisemitic attack on a U.K. synagogue

In the face of yet another deadly antisemitic attack, progressive Jews have a duty to speak with moral clarity on Israel’s heinous acts against Palestinians.

1year ago
MS NOW Opinion

Why Biden should pardon everyone on Trump’s enemies list

We could be facing the greatest mass miscarriage of justice in American history. President Biden can stop it.

1year ago
MS NOW Opinion

Trump plans to fire thousands of government workers — but it won’t be easy

Here’s how President-elect Donald Trump could use “Schedule F” to gut the civil service — and how he could be stopped.

1year ago
MS NOW Opinion

Elon Musk’s X is a poison. We don’t need to keep taking it.

It’s not enough for some journalists and influencers to boycott the social media site formerly known as Twitter. Everyone needs to bail on it at once.