His great-grandfather was Rabbi Eliyahu Mani, the renown scholar who led the Jewish community of Hebron for 40 years.
[4] In the early 1960s Many was head of the urology department at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan, Israel.
[3] At the request of the Israeli government he flew to various Islamic countries and over the years and secretly treated Muslim dignitaries including shah of Iran.
[3] In the 1980s he was asked to contact the Sudanese government in preparation for Operation Moses the 1984 airlift that rescued Jewish-Ethiopians.
[3][4] In 2010 Many received the Israeli Ministry of Health Lifetime Achievement Award for developing the urological field in Israel, and for promoting ties with other countries, including some Arab states.