Rabbi Simcha Cohen

Rabbi J. Simcha Cohen
  Rabbi: Congregation Aitz Chaim (September 2004-Present)
West Palm Beach Florida
Vice Chancellor: Ariel United Israel Institutes (August 2003- 2004)
Founded by Rabbi Shear Yashuv Cohen, Chief Rabbi, Haifa
Divisions of Ariel Include: Machon Harry Fishel, Rashi Hashalem,
Rennert Rabbinical Seminary, Religious Barristers School,
and the Institute for Rabbinic Leadership.
Awards- Honors:
“The Jerusalem Prize” (P’ras Yerushalaim, December 2002)
Rabbinic Leadership Award, West Coast Region of the Orthodox Union
(1st Rabbinic Recipient)
Member, Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
Author- Books:
How Does Jewish Law Work (Vol.1, 1993, Vol. II. 2000, Jason Aronson)
Timely Jewish Questions: Timeless Rabbinic Answers (1991 Jason Aronson)
Intermarriage and Conversion (1987, Ktav)
The Jewish Heart (1985, Ktav)
The 613th Commandment (1983, Ktav & 1994, Jason Aronson)
Manuscripts in Preparation for Publication
The Orthodox Feminist
Commentary’ on Avos
Columnist:
“Halachic Questions” (Weekly articles on Halachic issues, The Jewish Press)
Published over 1000 essays on Jewish law in Anglo-Jewish media and journals
Lecturer:
Jewish Organizations, Congregations, Universities, Conventions, as well as a
panelist on television programs
Educational Background:
Ordained by HaRav R. Yitzchok Hutner, (ZL)
Dean, Rabbi Chaim Berlin Rabbinical Academy, New York
Gur Aryeh Graduate Institute, (Kolel) New York
Brooklyn College (B.A) Magna Cum Laude (Honors, Sociology)
Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research (Sociology Scholarship)
New York University (M.A),
National Defense Fellowship, Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic Studies
Fordham University, Graduate Faculty, Sociology
Ner Yisroel College, Toronto, Dr. of Talmudic Jurisprudence