Rabbi Manis Friedman is a world-renowned author, counselor, teacher, and speaker, well known for his provocative and incisive wit and wisdom. His international speaking tours, seminars, and retreats take him around the world, and he has been featured on CNN, A&E Reviews, PBS, and BBC Worldwide as well as in such publications as The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Seventeen, Guideposts, and Publishers Weekly. His first book, Doesn’t Anyone Blush Anymore? (published by Harper San Francisco), was widely praised by the media and features an enthusiastic review by the legendary Bob Dylan. He has hosted his own critically acclaimed cable television series syndicated throughout North America. Rabbi Friedman is featured in the award-winning documentary The Lost Key. He is the dean of Bais Chana Institute of Jewish Studies, which he co-founded in 1971, and the founder of It’s Good to Know, a nonprofit life-learning foundation based in New York City. He lives with his family in St. Paul, Minnesota.
