Alex S. Kohav, PhD, teaches in the Department of Philosophy at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Kohav is the author of Early Israel: Cultic Praxis, God, and the Sôd Hypothesis (Routledge 2023) and the editor of two recent anthologies, Mysticism and Meaning: Multidisciplinary Perspectives (Three Pines Press 2019) and Mysticism and Experience: Twenty-First-Century Approaches (Lexington Books 2020), as well as coeditor of Interrogating AI: The Promise, the Problems, the Future (forthcoming).
A philosopher and an artist, Kohav’s forthcoming book, Adam, a Kind of Thinker: Freedom Scales as Selves, Worlds, and Thinking Fields (Hebraic Pluri-Dimensional Perspectives) elaborates the ontology of worlds accessible to human beings.
Kohav’s visual art is explored in Ori Z. Soltes’ book (containing 100+ images), Ontogeny of Light: Apples, Suns, Mirrors, Electricities—Limitless Light, Oscillating Silences, Immersive Realms: The Art of Alex Shalom Kohav (Canal Street Studios 2020).
The Jewish Art Salon (JAS) is a 501.c.3 non-profit organization. It is a global network of contemporary visual artists and art professionals. Established in 2008 and based in New York City, JAS has over 400 members and over 2,000 participants. Through its 60+ shows, events and collaborations in the US, Europe and Israel, JAS has reached approximately 30,000 individuals since its inception. JAS provides important programs and resources, and develops lasting partnerships with the international art community and the general public.