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.   

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.
• 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.