Rabbi Jonathan Cohen
Biography
Rabbi Jonathan Cohen is an Israeli born scholar who has served as a faculty member, director of an academic center, campus dean, and congregational rabbi. Rabbi Cohen has also served as a board member of arts, social service, denominational, and interfaith organizations.
He has dedicated his adult life to advancing Judaism through the training and mentoring of Jewish leaders, caring for people, and strengthening congregations and communities, promoting Jewish identity and learning, and enhancing interfaith understanding, scholarship, and collaboration.
Rabbi Cohen read law at the University of Kent in Canterbury (England) and earned his doctorate in law from the University of Liverpool (England). Before he was appointed campus dean, he served as a tenure-track and tenured faculty member on the Cincinnati campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. His teaching and research interests included the status of women in Judaism, Jewish communal organization and commercial regulation, Christian-Jewish relations, and Jewish approaches to medical ethics. His wife, Yael, is a professional violist. Rabbi Cohen and Yael have three children.
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