According to a 2007 article in Commentary magazine, his "parents were moderately observant Jews, but Friedman, after an intense burst of childhood piety, rejected religion altogether."
Prema 2007. članku u časopisu Commentary, njegovi "roditelji su bili umjereno prakticirajući , ali Friedman, nakon intenzivnog plamena pobožnosti u djetinjstvu, je odbacio religiju uopće."