Menachem Hacohen

Menachem Hacohen
מנחם הכהן
Hacohen in 2006
Faction represented in the Knesset
1974–1988Alignment
Personal details
Born (1932-07-26) 26 July 1932
Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine

Menachem Hacohen (Hebrew: מנחם הכהן; born 26 July 1932) is an Israeli rabbi, writer, thinker and former politician. He headed the Religious Worker faction in the Histadrut trade union, was member of the Knesset for the Alignment between 1974 and 1988 and also served as chief rabbi of the Moshavim Movement and the Histadrut. Between 1997 and 2011 he held the post of rabbi of Romanian Jewry. His wife is Israeli historian Devorah Hacohen.

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