Matti Friedman

Matti Friedman is an award-winning journalist and author. His four previous nonfiction books have been awarded the Sami Rohr Prize, the Natan Prize, and the ALA’s Sophie Brody Medal, and have been translated into a dozen languages. Born in Toronto and based in Jerusalem, he has written for The Atlantic, The New York Times, and Smithsonian and is a columnist for the Free Press.