Martin Samuel Cohen

Martin Samuel Cohen is rabbi of the Shelter Rock Jewish Center in Roslyn, New York.

Cohen was educated at the City University of New York and at Jewish Theological Seminary of America, where he was ordained a rabbi and received his Ph.D. in ancient Judaism.

He has taught at Hunter College, at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, at the Institute for Jewish Studies of the University of Heidelberg, and at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver School of Theology.^[1]

Cohen also served as rabbi at 1986-1999 at Beth Tikvah Congregation in Richmond, British Columbia and from 1999-2002 at Congregation Eilat in Mission Viejo, California. In 2002, he became rabbi of the Shelter Rock Jewish Center in Roslyn, New York.^[2]

Cohen is the author of academic articles, novels, and books of essays. His publications include Our Haven and Our Strength: The Book of Psalms (Aviv Press, 2003) and The Boy on the Door on the Ox: An Unusual Spiritual Journey Through the Strangest Jewish Texts (Aviv Press).

From 1997 to 2000, Cohen was chairman of the Publications Committee of the Rabbinical Assembly, and he is currently the chairman of the editorial board of the quarterly journal Conservative Judaism.

References

1. ^ http://www.avivpress.org/bio_cohen.html. Accessed November 18, 2011.
2. ^ http://www.avivpress.org/bio_cohen.html. Accessed November 18, 2011.

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Name	Cohen, Martin Samuel
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Short description	The 51st most influential Rabbi in America.
Date of birth	6/1/53
Place of birth	Queens, New York
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