Daniel Fridman (rabbi)

Rabbi Daniel Fridman grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, where he attended Yavneh Academy for elementary school. Following Yavneh Academy, he attended the Frisch School, graduating in 2002. After high school, he attended Yeshivat Har Etzion. After attending Yeshivat Har Etzion, Rabbi Fridman attended Columbia University, where he majored in Biological Sciences.[3] Rabbi Daniel Fridman was a Talmid of Rabbi Michael Rosensweig at RIETS. Before living in Teaneck, Rabbi Fridman lived on the Upper West Side of New York City, where he served as the Resident Scholar of the Jewish Center of Manhattan. He also teaches at Lamdeinu, a learning program for adults based in Teaneck’s Congregation Beth Aaron.[4]

Rabbi Fridman was born in the Bronx; his parents, Drs. Esther and Morton Fridman, both psychiatrists, were residents at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine there. In 1988, his parents moved their young family — Daniel was 3, and his older brother, Ari, was 4 — to Teaneck.[5]

Daniel Fridman was raised in Teaneck, NJ, as was his wife, the former Dr. Chaya Gopin who is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Neuropsychology at Weill Cornell Medical College. Daniel and Chaya have a daughter Eliana and a son Yosef Reuven.