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Rabbi Manis Friedman
World-renowned author, counselor, lecturer and philosopher - Communal Seder division
World-renowned author, counselor, lecturer and philosopher, Rabbi Manis Friedman uses ancient wisdom and modern wit as he captivates audiences around the country and around the world. He hosts his own critically acclaimed cable television series, Torah Forum with Manis Friedman, syndicated throughout North America. Over 150,000 copies of his provocative yet entertaining tapes, both audio and video have been sold.
Rabbi Friedman is a professionally ranked member of the National Speakers Association. His speaking tours take him to every part of this country as well as Israel, England, The Netherlands, South Africa, Australia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Canada, and Hong Kong.
Rabbi Friedman was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1946 and immigrated with his family to the United States in 1950. He received his rabbinic ordination from the Rabbinical College of Canada in 1969. |
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Rabbi S. Binyomin Ginsberg
Dean of Torah Academy in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Rabbi S. Binyomin Ginsberg, who received his ordination from Telshe Yeshiva in Wickliffe, Ohio, has been a Jewish educator for 27 years.
Since 1999 Rabbi Ginsberg has been the Dean of Torah Academy in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Under his leadership, Torah Academy was named the Hersh Potok Memorial 2004 School of the Year by Torah Umesorah.
Rabbi Ginsberg is constantly updating and adding to his professional skills. He received his master's degree in education from the University of Minnesota and in 2000 he was a Senior Leadership Fellow at the Center for Advanced Professional Educators in Jerusalem. In 2004 he attended the Summer Institute at the Principals Center of Harvard University. He most recently graduated from Columbia University's Institute for Day School Management. He is on the faculty of Torah Umesorah's teacher training institute in New York.
Rabbi Ginsberg will also be director of the children's curriculum program.
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Rebbitzen Esther Jungreis
Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis was born in Hungary and is descended from a great rabbinic dynasty that can trace its lineage back to the days of King David. Prior to the Holocaust, there were 85 rabbis bearing the name Jungreis in Hungary (the Rebbetzin's maiden name was also Jungreis. During W.W. II, most of the family was killed in Auschwitz.
Having experienced the Holocaust first hand as an inmate of Bergen Belsen, the Rebbetzin has determined to devote her life to combating the spiritual holocaust which engulfs the Jewish people in our contemporary world.
For over 40 years, Rebbetzin Jungreis has written a weekly column for The Jewish Press, the world's largest Anglo-Jewish weekly. Mrs. Jungreis also teaches Bible on the Hineni television show, broadcast weekly to more than 8 million homes coast to coast. This program is also being broadcast world-wide weekly, on the internet. |
