Abraham Cohen (1887,

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– 1957) was a Jewish-British scholar. He was the editor of the

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and also participated in the Soncino translation of the

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and

Midrash ''Midrash'' (;"midrash"
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. He attended the

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and

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and was a minister of Birmingham Hebrew Congregation from 1933. He also participated actively in the

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and the

Zionist movement Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת ''Tsiyyonut'' after ''Zion'') is a nationalist movement that espouses the establishment of, and support for a homeland for the Jewish people centered in the area roughly corresponding to what is known in Jew ...

Works

*''Everyman's Talmud The Major Teachings of the Rabbinic Sages'' (1932) *''The Parting of the Ways: Judaism and the Rise of Christianity'' (1954) * Introduction and commentary, ''The Psalms'' (1950)

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* English Jews English editors 1887 births 1957 deaths People from Reading, Berkshire People from Birmingham, West Midlands {{editor-stub