Rabbi Manes Kogan was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He holds a degree in Psychology from The University of Buenos Aires, as well as a Masters in Jewish Education from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and received his rabbinical ordination from the Seminario Rabinico Latinoamericano, the Conservative Seminary in Buenos Aires. While serving as a rabbi in Roanoke, Virginia, from 1998 to 2006, Rabbi Kogan was an Adjunct Instructor in the Religious and Judaic Programs at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, teaching courses in Rabbinical Literature, Jewish Thought and Holocaust.

Rabbi Kogan serves as the spiritual leader of Hillcrest Jewish Center, in Flushing, New York, where he lives with his wife, Silvia, and his three children, Daniela, Ilan, and Abigail.

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