Yaakov (Jacob) Friedman
Psychiatrist with residency training at Harvard Medical School, practicing in Yerushalayim and experienced in mood, psychotic, and personality disorders and their impact on relationships and family functioning.
Best podcasts with Yaakov (Jacob) Friedman
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Feb 27, 2026 • 2h 20min
2/28/26 – Shiur 550 – How Mental Illness Can Wreck a Marriage and a Divorce
Mark Schreck, a veteran frum divorce attorney; Dr. Jacob Friedman, a Harvard-trained psychiatrist; Dr. Shmuel Harris, expert on personality disorders; Rabbi Yoni Rosensweig, halakhic mental-health advocate; and Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Lowy, prominent posek. They explore nondisclosure of disorders in marriage. They discuss mikveh and intimacy used as leverage. They cover when to involve secular courts and how personality disorders shape litigation and treatment.
Feb 6, 2026 • 1h 50min
2/7/26 – Shiur 547 – Mental Health Challenges of Boys in Yeshiva & Girls in Seminaries
Mrs. Debbie Fox, licensed clinical social worker and seminary-support advocate, and Rabbi Dr. Dovid Fox, forensic and clinical psychologist, join Dr. Shmuel Harris and Dr. Yaakov Friedman, psychiatrists working with young adults, plus Rabbi Yitzchak Schwartz, halachic adviser on mental-health questions. They explore mental-health risks for students in Israel, gender differences in presentation, when schools should be told, confidentiality challenges, and prevention and school-based supports.
