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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"It's so tricky because, in principle, I agree with opposing these new settlements," Michael Cohen, who works for a Jewish charity, told the BBC.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Meanwhile Ezra Cohen, the former Trump defence official who is now a fellow at the Hudson Institute, described the president as having degraded Iran's conventional military threat.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Cohen Tzedek said he didn’t fit in at his yeshiva, a Jewish religious school, and struggled with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
“If you want to fight the hilltop boys, good luck,” Cohen Tzedek said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Hall assured Cohen he knew of the danger.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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
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
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
The Cohens sit on the sofa, holding hands.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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