Rami Shapiro. Rami is an ordained rabbi who describes himself as “a freelance theologian making my living writing and talking.” A boundary crosser, he draws from all the world’s spiritual traditions, and his path has gone through Zen and Vedanta Hinduism in addition to his ancestral Judaism. The most recent of his many books is Perennial Wisdom for the Spiritually Independent. We spoke of his unusual path, current spiritual trends and his efforts to revive Jewish mystical practices.