Henry Cohen (rabbi)

Henry Cohen (rabbi)

Rabbi Henry Cohen (April 7, 1863 - June 12, 1952) was a Jewish Texan rabbi who served Congregation B'nai Israel in Galveston, Texas from 1888 to 1952.

History in Galveston

Rabbi Henry Cohen is also known for saving a Greek Catholic from deportation and banishing Shakespeare’s Shylock from the Galveston public schools. [http://www.jewish-history.com/WildWest/jewishstars.html] In 1928 Congregation B'nai Israel decided to add a new facility and name it the Henry Cohen Community House.

Galveston Movement

Rabbi Cohen played an integral role in the Galveston Movement. The Galveston Movement operated between 1907 and 1914 to divert Jews fleeing Russia and eastern Europe away from crowded East Coast cities. Ten thousand Jewish immigrants passed through Galveston, Texas during this era, approximately one-third the number who migrated to Palestine during the same period. B'nai Israel's Rabbi Henry Cohen is credited with helping to found the Galveston Movement. [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/GG/umg1.html] [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/TT/ivt1.html] Rabbi Cohen personally petitioned President William Howard Taft for an immigrant. [http://www.texasescapes.com/AllThingsHistorical/Rabbi-Cohen-AM505.htm]

See also

* History of the Jews in Galveston, Texas

External links

* [http://www.templebnaiisraelgalveston.org/his.html Temple B'nai Israel]

References

* [http://www.texasescapes.com/AllThingsHistorical/Rabbi-Cohen-AM505.htm Article on Rabbi Henry Cohen]
* [http://www.thejewisheye.com/rabbi_cohen.html Review of book on Rabbi Henry Cohen called Kinder Souls]
* [http://www.geocities.com/txsynvr/Galveston/GalvR.html Galveston Synagogue]
* [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/TT/ivt1.html Handbook of Texas Online Entry]


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