Zac Newman

Program Director

Zac's responsibilities at Or HaLev include teaching, supervising our curriculum, mentoring other teachers and directing our English online program.

Zac was formerly the Community Director of HaMakom, the UK-based Jewish meditation organisation. He has been practicing since 2008 and teaching practice since 2013. Zac is a rabbinical student in the ALEPH Ordination Program. He trained to teach mindfulness through the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at Bangor University. Zac is a long-standing student of religious studies and psychotherapy. He is continually interested in how we can wake up to the wisdom of our tradition and the goodness of our lives.