COHN, Leopold 1862-1937

PERSONAL:

Born 1862, in Berezna, Hungary; immigrated to the United States, 1892; died December 19, 1937; married Rose Hoffman, 1880; children: Joseph Hoffman. Education: Attended New College of the Free Church, Edinburgh, Scotland.

CAREER:

Founder of Christian mission in Brooklyn, NY, 1893; American Board of Missions to the Jews (originally Williamsburg Mission to the Jews), Brooklyn, NY, founder, 1896, board chair, 1896-1937. Beth Bar Shalom (Christian mission), founder, 1909.

WRITINGS:

A Modern Missionary to an Ancient People, American Board of Missions to the Jews (New York, NY), 1911, published as To an Ancient People: The Autobiography of Dr. Leopold Cohn, Chosen People Ministries (Charlotte, NC), 1996.

(Editor, with Joseph Hoffman Cohn) The Chosen People Question Box: A Compilation of Bible Questions and Answers Which Appeared over …Forty Years in …The Chosen People, American Board of Missions to the Jews (Brooklyn, NY), 1938.

Founder, Chosen People, 1898, and Shepherd of Israel (bilingual in Yiddish and English), 1920.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

BOOKS

Cohn, Joseph Hoffman, I Have Fought a Good Fight, American Board of Missions to the Jews (New York, NY), 1953.

Cohn, Leopold, A Modern Missionary to an Ancient People, American Board of Missions to the Jews (New York, NY), 1911, published as To an Ancient People: The Autobiography of Dr. Leopold Cohn, Chosen People Ministries (Charlotte, NC), 1996.

Eichhorn, David Max, Evangelizing the American Jew, Jonathan David Publishers (Middle Village, NY), 1978.

Religious Leaders of America, 2nd edition, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1999.*