Meet Our Series Advisors

Robert Thurman

Robert Thurman

Co-founder & President, Tibet House US

Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University; President of American Institute of Buddhist Studies; New York Times called him “the leading American expert on Tibetan Buddhism.” More on BobThurman.com

Ravi Ravindra, Ph.D.

Ravi Ravindra, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, Dalhousie University

Previous member of the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton, a previous fellow of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, and Founding Director of the Threshold Award for Integrative Knowledge. More on www.Ravindra.ca

Rabbi Rachel Cowan

Rabbi Rachel Cowan

Executive Director, Institute for Jewish Spirituality

Named one of the 50 most influential rabbis by Newsweek Magazine in 2007. More on Rachel

Kabir Helminski

Kabir Helminski

Co-Director of the Threshold Society

Author, publisher and sufi teacher in the Mevlevi tradition; acknowledged as one of the 500 most influential muslims in the world. More on Threshhold Society

Alvin Perlmutter

Alvin Perlmutter

Director, Independent Production Fund
, Previous Vice President of NBC News

Recipient of six Emmys and five Ace awards; Producer of Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth, and over a hundred PBS documentaries. More on IPF Media

Joseph Kulin

Joseph Kulin

Media and Publishing Consultant

Named one of the 50 most influential rabbis by Newsweek Magazine in 2007. Previously a Publisher of Parabola Magazine for over 20 years. More on Rachel