Eugene Kohn, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetEugene Kohn
American rabbi
Date of Birth: 26-Jan-1887
Date of Death: 01-Apr-1977
Profession: rabbi
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Eugene Kohn
- Eugene Kohn (January 26, 1887 - April 1, 1977) was an American Reconstructionist rabbi, writer and editor. Born in Newark, New Jersey he attended the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and in 1912 received ordination.
- It was here that he met Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan who taught him homiletics.
- Between 1912 and 1939 he served as a congregational rabbi in Conservative synagogues in the U.S.
- states of Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Wisconsin and Ohio.
- He also served as the president of the Rabbinical assembly 1936-1937. He played a central role in the Reconstructionist movement.
- He edited its journal The Reconstructionist and, alongside Kaplan and Ira Eisenstein, edited The New Haggadah (1941), The Sabbath Prayer Book (1945) and The Reconstructionist Prayer Book (1948).
- Alongside Jack Cohen, Eisenstein and Milton Steinberg he was one of Kaplan's main disciples.
Read more at Wikipedia