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Richard I. Cohen

Richard I. Cohen is a historian at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem who studies the modern history of the Jews of Western and Central Europe, especially in France.

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Born: 2 September 1946, Montreal
Occupation: historian, university teacher
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Richard I. Cohen was born in 1946 in Montreal

Richard Yerachmiel Cohen was born in Montreal, Canada, on September 2, 1946. He studied history and sociology at McGill University and finished his first degree there in 1967. That year he moved to Israel.

He earned a master's degree in 1972 and a PhD in 1981, both at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Cohen became a professor of history at the Hebrew University and held the Paulette and Claude Kelman Chair in French Jewry Studies. His research covers the Jews of France, art history, Jewish historiography and the Holocaust. He also directed the university research project Da'at HaMakom.

He served on the international editorial board of the Encyclopaedia of the Holocaust, which Yad Vashem published in 1990 in Hebrew and English. His 1998 book Jewish Icons grew out of a 15-year collaboration with historian Ezra Mendelsohn. In 2017 a volume in his honor, edited by Mendelsohn, was published by the Zalman Shazar Center.

Milestones in Richard I. Cohen's life

1946
Born in Montreal, Canada.
1967
Completed his first degree at McGill University and moved to Israel.
1972
Earned a master's degree at the Hebrew University.
1981
Earned a PhD at the Hebrew University.
1990
The Encyclopaedia of the Holocaust, which he helped edit, was published by Yad Vashem.
1998
Published the book Jewish Icons.
2017
A volume in his honor was published.