Henry Cohen, Essays and Themes (Part 2) : Personal Account.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Henry, 1863-1952, author.

Contributor:

Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), digitiser.

Series:

Migration to new worlds.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Description: Various essays of Henry Cohen created whilst leader of the Temple B'Nai Israel, Galveston, Texas. Subjects range from topics of Judaism, the refugee and displacement situation of the Jewish people, needs to increase the Red Cross services and the Nazi persecution of Jews. There are also notes referring to the Jubilee of the Temple B'Nai Israel, where Henry Cohen was a Rabbi.

Notes:

Henry Cohen was born April 7, 1863 in London England. In 1884 he was ordained a rabbi and led congregations in Kingston, Jamaica (1884-1885) and Woodville, Mississippi (1885-1888) before transferring to Galveston, Texas where he led the Temple B'nai Israel from 1888 to 1949. Cohen was influential in religious and social welfare activities in Texas; he was especially well-known for his work on hospitals, schools and immigration issues. A noted prison reformer, Cohen served on the Texas Prison Board. An authority on the Talmud, Cohen published a number of essays. He married Mollie Levy of Galveston and the couple had two children.

Date span of material: date of publication not identified.

AMDigital Reference: 3M326, Box 1.

Description based on online resource (viewed on October 24, 2017).

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