Hadar Cohen

Arab Jewish Scholar & Mystic

Hadar Cohen is an Arab Jewish scholar, mystic and artist whose work focuses on multi-religious spirituality, politics, social issues, and community building. She is the founder of Malchut, a spiritual skill-building school teaching Jewish mysticism and direct experience of God. Malchut’s capstone offering is God Fellowship, a curriculum on the cosmology of creation delivered via group classes and a self-guided online course. Malchut is also home for her Jewish Mystical School, which includes a library of her classes and a community platform for connection. Her tarot readings are also available to book through her website.

Her dedication to Jewish education translates to her organizing work, cultivating multifaith gathering opportunities such as Jewish-Sufi Muslim prayer groups. She led the first Sephardic Jewish mystical retreat to Andalusia, Spain in summer 2023.

She is the founder of Feminism All Night, a public gathering space for feminist spiritual discourse and possibility. Hadar teaches and consults in a variety of settings and formats, from one-on-one coaching to online group classes and in-person retreats.

Hadar’s artistic works include Prostrations, a visual art show compiling fiber art, film, audio, scripture and poetry in reflection of Jewish devotional prayer practice; and The Selichot Project, a collection of her grandfather’s tapes singing Sephardic Jewish liturgical prayers in preparation for the High Holidays. Other artistic avenues include hand-woven prayer rugs, poetry books, and filmed performance art. Hadar is a 10th-generation Jerusalemite with lineage roots in Syria, Kurdistan, Iraq and Iran. She is currently pursuing her MFA at Transart Institute for Creative Learning. Her podcast, Hadar’s Web, features community conversations on spirituality, healing, justice, and art. She has written for The New Arab, JTA, Lilith, +972 Magazine, DoubleBlind and more.