Yinon Cohen Explained

Yinon Cohen
Discipline:	Sociology
Workplaces:	Columbia University

Yinon Cohen, an Israeli sociologist, is the Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi Professor of Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University.^[1]

Cohen holds a B.A. from Hebrew University in Jerusalem and an M.A and Ph.D. from SUNY at Stony Brook.

He is known for his research on international migration, social stratification, and labor markets. He has studied earnings assimilation of immigrants in Israel, Germany, and the United States; socioeconomic ethnic and gender gaps in Israel;^[2] income inequality in Israel; and industrial relations in Israel.^[3]

Cohen's appointment to the Yerushalmi chair was controversial because he had criticised Israeli policy and because the search committee included two prominent critics of Israel.^{[4] [5] [6]} He is described by The Forward as "lean[ing] leftward on Israeli politics".^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yinon Cohen Department of Sociology . 17 May 2022 . sociology.columbia.edu.
2. News: A woman's work is never done. ELANA. SZTOKMAN. . 20 November 2006 .
3. Web site: Faculty . Columbia University, Department of Sociology. https://web.archive.org/web/20070910161042/http://www.sociology.columbia.edu/fac-bios/cohen/faculty.html . 10 September 2007 . dead .
4. http://www.nysun.com/article/72009 New Columbia Israel Director Denounced 'Occupation' - February 28, 2008 - The New York Sun
5. http://www.nysun.com/article/13026 Search Committee for Israel Scholar Includes Two Harsh Critics of Israel - April 29, 2005 - The New York Sun
6. http://www.nysun.com/article/72591 Scholar of Yiddish Named to Lead Columbia Institute - March 10, 2008 - The New York Sun
7. Web site: Brostoff . Marissa . Head of Columbia Jewish Studies Program Resigns . The Forward . 14 March 2008 .