Cohen
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Morris Raphael, 1880–1947, U.S. philosopher and educator, born in Russia.
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Octavus Roy 1891–1959, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
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Cohanim,
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Cohens
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Leonard. born 1934, Canadian singer, songwriter, and poet; recordings include Songs of Leonard Cohen (1968), Songs of Love and Hate (1971), I'm Your Man (1988), and Ten New Songs (2001)
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Stanley. born 1922, US biochemist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1986
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Etymology
Origin of Cohen
From the Hebrew word kōhēn priest
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“Apple beat on revenue and EPS, but nobody’s celebrating,” Investing.com senior analyst Jesse Cohen wrote in a Monday note.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
In addition, the Dodgers announced they promoted Royce Cohen to executive vice president and chief business officer, after he most recently served as senior vice president of business strategy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
“All that I can do is try to generate more public pressure on Magnum to sell,” Cohen, 75, told The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Cohen has played a leading role in discovering and studying these molecules, which are increasingly recognized as important participants in cellular health.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
Criminologist Stanley Cohen wrote perhaps the most important book on the subject, States of Denial.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
The group has a broader reach than American Friends of Ateret Cohanim, operating in every West Bank region.
From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2023
The Mukhayriq Initiative’s managing director, Ellie Cohanim, said Friday that Quraishi became “the target of a political agenda for doing nothing more than his job as a journalist.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2022
Theophilos also brought a court case seeking to retrieve two properties in the Old City’s Christian Quarter sold more than a decade ago by his predecessor Irenaios I to right-wing Jewish group Ateret Cohanim.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2017
Cohanim, when approached by The Times, would not discuss the arrangement. But a Caruso spokeswoman confirmed the developer agreed to spend $500,000 on repairs to the building.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2016
The hierophant was compelled to avoid contact with the dead in the same manner as the Cohanim of the Jewish faith, and with certain animals reputed to be unclean.
From The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites by Dudley Wright
The Cohens said they also know one of the hostages.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2023
Reckless, ruthless and unrestrained, the Cohens and Scaramuccis of the world are accustomed to social opprobrium and live their lives unfettered by ordinary social norms of appropriateness and self-abnegation.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2019
The O.C., a fantastic teen soap, distinguished itself with the Cohens, the do-gooder family who took in a kid from Chino.
From Slate ● Nov. 22, 2017
The following day, Frank Cohens Jr., a Tacoma man, was found slumped over in a parked car in the 2200 block of South 333rd Street.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2016
I barely know the Cohens; I'm not even sure how much they were told about what I've been doing or why.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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