Rabbi Mark Wildes, otherwise known as the Millennial Rabbi, founded the Manhattan Jewish Experience (MJE), a successful Jewish outreach and educational program that has reconnected thousands of unaffiliated 20’s/30’s with Jewish life and facilitated 397 marriages. He is the author of Beyond the Instant: Jewish Wisdom for Lasting Happiness in a Fast-Paced Social Media World (Skyhorse Publishing, 2018), The 40 Day Challenge: Daily Jewish Insights to Prepare for the High Holidays (Kodesh Press) and his latest: The Jewish Experience: Discovering the Soul of Jewish Thought and Practice (Koren Publishers).
Rabbi Wildes earned a BA in Psychology as well as Rabbinic Ordination from Yeshiva University, a Law Degree from Cardozo School of Law, and a Master’s in International Affairs from Columbia University. Rabbi Mark also teaches an outreach seminar at Yeshiva University’s rabbinical school, training future leaders. He and his wife Jill live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. They have four children, two who live in Israel, and one serving in the IDF.
