Ya'akov Cohen Explained

Birth Date:13 July 1953
Birth Place:Bnei Brak, Israel
Suboffice1:United Torah Judaism
Subterm1:2006–2008

Ya'akov Cohen (Hebrew: יעקב כהן, born 13 July 1953) is an Israeli rabbi and former politician.

Biography

Born in Bnei Brak, Cohen was ordained as a rabbi at the Beit Talmud LeHora'a. He founded the Hassidic Bnei Brak Seminary in 1980 and served as a director until 2001.

For the 2006 Knesset elections he was placed sixth on the United Torah Judaism list,[1] and became a Knesset member when the party won six seats. He resigned his seat on 31 July 2008 as part of a rotation agreement between the Agudat Yisrael and Degel HaTorah factions of UTJ, and was replaced by Uri Maklev (Cohen belongs to Agudat Yisrael).

Ya'akov Cohen denounced 2006 Jerusalem gay rights rally stating "This isn't the gay pride parade but the disgrace parade!"[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.knesset.gov.il/elections17/eng/list/list_eng.asp?id=59 List of Candidates: Torah and Shabbat Judaism
  2. Web site: Jews and Muslims unite against homosexuals. Tim. Butcher. 7 November 2006. The Daily Telegraph. London.