Rabbi Mordecai Finley is one of the spiritual leaders of Ohr HaTorah Synagogue. He is also the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of The HUB on Venice.

He received his doctorate in Religion-Social Ethics from the University of Southern California. In addition to his work at Ohr HaTorah, he serves as a Professor of Jewish Thought at the Academy for Jewish Religion, California

Rabbi Finley is a spiritual counselor and group facilitator at Recover Integrity, imparting wisdom, truth and beauty upon the clients on a weekly basis in his Holding the Line group and his individual spiritual counseling sessions.

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Yeshaia Blakeney, host of the Dope Wisdom Podcast and co-founder of Recover Integrity, a Los Angeles addiction treatment program he opened in 2015, is an addiction expert with 15 years of experience working in substance abuse and mental health.

Well known in Los Angeles, Yeshaia is sought out for his curious, creative, empathetic and “whatever works” approach when dealing with a substance abuse or mental health problem.

Aware that lasting change often has a spiritual dimension, Yeshaia helps people build an understanding and a path toward healing that challenges the self limiting boxes and stories that we live in. Yeshaia strives to bring an intellectual brand of spiritualism beyond the walls of his office and into the recovery conversation.