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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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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Also listed are more than a dozen units at Trump Park Avenue, a luxury condo building where Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, and the president’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, have lived.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Caroline Hickey, a London-based career coach who advised both Reed and Cohen on how to interview, agrees that appearances matter, especially in such a competitive job market.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
But since hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen bought the club in late 2020, he has made it his personal mission to change that by throwing obscene amounts of money at the roster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The study builds on more than 20 years of research led by Cohen, who helped pioneer the discovery of peptides produced by mitochondria.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
Dr. Cohen announces that it’s time to line up, which sets off a boom of cheering and a rush of shoes click-clacking against the shiny gym floor.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
The organization is a top donor to Ateret Cohanim.
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 Wright, Dudley
On the day of her funeral, the hospital called the Cohens: now the father-in-law’s organs were shutting down.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2020
As Cohen’s lawyers noted in their court filing, the dossier contained mistakes, including several transactions by other Michael Cohens.
From Washington Post ● May 14, 2018
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
Frank Cohens Jr., a Tacoma man, was found slumped over in a parked car on May 10.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2016
The Cohens sit on the sofa, holding hands.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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