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
Cohen wore a long sleeve buttoned-down shirt for interview, even though people in the company wore T-shirts.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Cohen quickly took the franchise from middle-of-the-pack spending to breaking payroll records.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
"These findings suggest that specific components of the Mediterranean diet may directly influence mitochondrial biology," said USC Leonard Davis School Dean and USC Distinguished Professor Pinchas Cohen, the study's senior author.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
As Cathy Cohen has observed, ministers and members of black congregations have helped to develop what she calls the “indigenous constructed image of ‘good, black Christian folk.”’
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
President Philippe Cohanim said Caruso’s contribution would help the building’s occupants cope with increased noise and dust while Caruso’s project was being built.
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
“The Cohens have made very, very clear and Billy’s made very, very clear, the goal is to win here and that’s a big reason why we decided to stick around,” Nimmo said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
Several snowbirds are offering their Surfside homes to displaced survivors, said Rabbi Yakov Saacks, a family friend who flew from New York to comfort the Cohens.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 9, 2021
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
Mrs. de Vries notices them and shoos them back toward their playroom, and the Cohens move to help her.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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