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 over 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, Institute for Jewish Spirituality, Yeshivat Hadar and in a variety of settings around the world. In 2023 he embarked on "Yesod" - an in-depth Jewish Mindfulness teacher training program in partnership with the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. This program introduces participants to a systematic approach to Jewish mindfulness and produces a new generation of Jewish meditation teachers. He strives to integrate his study with his practice, and to help teach and live Judaism as a spiritual discipline.

Dorothy serves as Rabbi of Makor Or: Jewish Meditation and Rabbi Emerita of Congregation Beth Sholom in San Francisco. In addition to her work with Or haLev, Dorothy  teaches on the faculty of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality’s Clergy Leadership Program. She is a soulful leader of traditional and creative ritual, and released an album of original music called Something of Mine, available on Bandcamp.

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