MANIS FRIEDMAN is a world-renowned author, marriage counselor and speaker, known for his warmth, wit and wisdom. His most recent book, The Joy of Intimacy, a companion book to The Lost Key and coauthored with Ricardo Adler, has been widely praised by the media. His first book, Doesn’t Anyone Blush Anymore? (Harper San Francisco), currently in its fourth printing, was also widely praised by the media and boasts a cover commendation by the legendary Bob Dylan. Rabbi Friedman has been featured on CNN, PBS and BBC, as well as The New York Times, Rolling Stone Magazine, Seventeen and Publishers Weekly.
He hosted his own critically acclaimed cable television series syndicated throughout North America, and is a professionally ranked member of the National Speakers Association. Rabbi Friedman is the founder and Dean of the Bais Chana Institute of Jewish Studies, and 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.
