Manis (given Name)
Manis is a given name; those bearing it include: *Manis Friedman, dean of the Bais Chana Women International and host of Torah Forum * Manis (Morris) Jacobs, first rabbi of Congregation Shangarai Chasset of New Orleans *Manis Lamond Manis Lamond (born 14 September 1966) is a retired soccer player from Papua New Guinea. An international who played as a striker, Lamond played professionally in Australia for Canberra City, Sydney United, A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers, Wollong ...

Manis Friedman
Manis Friedman (full name: Menachem Manis HaKohen Friedman, he, מנחם מניס הכהן פרידמן; born 1946) is a Hassid, rabbi, author, social philosopher and public speaker. He is also the dean of the Bais Chana Institute of Jewish Studies. Friedman authored '' Doesn't Anyone Blush Anymore?'', which was published in 1990 and is currently in its fourth printing. He is featured in the documentary films: ''The Lost Key'' (2014), ''The Jewish Journey: America'' (2015), and "Patterns of Evidences" (2017). Biography Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1946, Friedman immigrated with his family to the United States in 1951. He received his rabbinic ordination at the Rabbinical College of Canada in 1969. Activities In 1971, inspired by the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Friedman as a Shliach ("emissary") cofounded the Bais Chana Women International, an Institute for Jewish Studies in Minnesota for women with little or no formal Jewish education. He has served as the scho ...
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Manis Jacobs
Manis (Morris) Jacobs (1782 in Amsterdam, Netherlands – September 28, 1839 in New Orleans, Louisiana) was the founder, first president and although unordained, the first rabbi of Congregation Shangarai Chasset Shangarai Chasset (Shaarei Chesed) was a nineteenth-century New Orleans Orthodox (and later Reform) synagogue. History Shangarai Chasset was founded in New Orleans on December 20, 1827,Emily Ford, Barry Stiefel (2012. ''The Jews of New Orleans a ... of New Orleans. Though Jacobs was never ordained, he assumed the duties of rabbi of the congregation until his death in 1839. Though Jacobs took a French Catholic wife, Angelique Charlotte Jacinthe Verneuille (1781/82-1851), he nonetheless played an active role in the congregation, contributing significant resources to establish organized Jewish life in New Orleans. In March 1828, Jacobs purchased land in his own name to be used for burial purposes by the congregation, calling the benevolent society by the same name as th ...
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