WELCOME to

THE RABBI SAMUEL S. and
A. IRMA COHON
MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

Established by their children and grandchildren, the Foundation presents awards to individuals for accomplishments that benefit Klal Yisroel -- the entire Jewish people. 

Please click here to view the video where Rabbis Baruch Cohon and Samuel M. Cohon do the introductions.

The Cohon Award is presented once a year. Contributions to this fund are tax deductible.

Deadline for application or recommendation is September 1st, 2009.   

Announcing an important new book
available from Ktav Publishers
at Amazon.com and Powell Books:

"Faithfully Yours - Selected Rabbinical Correspondence of Samuel S. Cohon"

        please read reviews:
          - by Ephraim Z. Buchwald and
          - in H-Judaic by Dana Evan Kaplan

Previous winners of the Cohon Award include:

• The Koppel family of Cleveland, Ohio, in the field of education and information.
• Henry Sapoznik of New York City for creative arts.
• Simon Frumkin of Los Angeles & Glenn Richter of New York City for rescue
• Ivan Ceresnjes of Jerusalem for both rescue and education.

• Dr. Jose Nessim, founder of the Sephardic Educational
  Center in Jerusalem, for education, seen here accepting his award at the opening night of the Sephardic Film Festival at Paramount Studios, Hollywood.
  
  To meet Dr. Nessim on video, click here >>

 

• Roz Rothstein, founder of the StandWithUs organization, for unity, she received her award at Temple EmanuEl of Tucson, Arizona, headquarters of the Cohon Memorial Foundation.


To meet Roz Rothstein on video, click here >>