Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
COHEN, ISRAEL — (1905–1986), Hebrew literary critic and editor. Cohen spent his childhood in Galicia and Czechoslovakia and later studied in Buczacz and Lemberg. Active in Zionist youth movements, he immigrated to Palestine in 1925, and was a leading member of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
COHEN, ISRAEL — (1879–1961), writer and Zionist. Born in Manchester, the son of a tailor, and educated at Jewish schools, Manchester Grammar School, and London University, Cohen was active in the Zionist movement from the mid 1890s. In 1910 he became the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Israel and weapons of mass destruction — Israel is widely believed to possess a substantial arsenal (an estimated 100 to 200) of nuclear weapons, [] Nuclear weapons capabilityAccording to Nuclear Threat Initiative, based on Vanunu s information, Israel has approximately 100–200 nuclear… … Wikipedia
Cohen (Judaïsme) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Cohen. Position particulière des mains lors de la Birkat Hacohanim. Beaucoup de Cohanim choisissent de le faire figure … Wikipédia en Français
Cohen (judaisme) — Cohen (judaïsme) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Cohen. Position particulière des mains lors de la Birkat Hacohanim. Beaucoup de Cohanim choisissent de le faire figure … Wikipédia en Français
COHEN, GERSON D. — COHEN, GERSON D. (1924–1991), Jewish historian and leader of Conservative Judaism. Educated at Camp Massad, where he cultivated a life long commitment to Hebraism and Zionism, at the jewish theological seminary of America (JTS), and at Columbia… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
COHEN, GEULAH — (1929– ), Israeli politician, member of the Eighth to Twelfth Knessets. Cohen was born in Tel Aviv. Her father immigrated to Eretz Israel from Yemen and her mother was born in Eretz Israel to a family that had arrived there in the 19th century… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
COHEN, JACK JOSEPH — (1919– ), Reconstructionist rabbi and educator. Cohen was born in Brooklyn, New York, earned his B.A. from Brooklyn College in 1940, and received his M.H.L. and ordination from the Conservative movement s jewish theological seminary in 1943. He… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
COHEN, HERMANN — (1842–1918), German Jewish philosopher. Born in Cowsig, the son of a cantor, Cohen studied at the Jewish Theological Seminary at Breslau, but gave up his initial plans to become a rabbi. He turned to philosophy, studying first at the University… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
COHEN — COHEN, prominent U.S. family in the 18th–19th centuries, mostly in Baltimore. JACOB I. (1744–1823) was the first of the family to go from Oberdorf, Germany, to the U.S. (1773). He served in the Revolutionary Army, and in 1780 settled in Richmond … Encyclopedia of Judaism
