Jacob Bernstein-Kogan
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Jacob Bernstein-Kogan | |
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| Born | 1859 Kishinev, Bessarabia, Russian Empire |
| Died | 1929 (aged 69–70) |
| Occupation | physician |
| Known for | Zionist and Jewish community activist |
| Notable work | specialized in cholera |
| Children | Miriam Bernstein-Cohen |
Jacob Bernstein-Kogan (1859–1929) was a Russian physician, Zionist, and Jewish community activist.
He was born in 1859 in what is now Chișinău, Moldova (then Kishinev, Bessarabia, Russian Empire). His father was an important figure in the Kishinev Jewish community.[1]: 182 His brother was Narodnaya Volya revolutionary Lev Kogan-Bernstein. As a Zionist activist, Bernstein-Kogan led the Kishinev correspondence bureau of the Zionist movement.[1]: 179
During the Kishinev pogrom, he and his family fled their home, which was looted.[1]: 89 As a community organizer and activist, he raised money for relief and played an important role in spreading awareness of the pogrom around the world.[1]: 178 Later, he left Kishinev out of fear that he would be murdered for raising awareness of the pogrom.[1]: 182
Bernstein-Kogan was a doctor by trade and specialized in cholera.[1]: 178 Before World War I, he moved to Palestine but later returned to Europe, first to Romania and then to Soviet Crimea.[1]: 178 He died in 1929 in Dnipro.
Family
[edit]Bernstein-Kogan's daughter Miriam Bernstein-Cohen was an actress and director in Israel.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Zipperstein, Steven J. (2018). Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History (First ed.). New York, N.Y. ISBN 9781631492693.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Miriam Bernstein-Cohen". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ "Miriam Bernstein-Cohen". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- 20th-century Russian medical doctors
- 20th-century Russian Jews
- 19th-century medical doctors from the Russian Empire
- 19th-century Jews from the Russian Empire
- People from Chișinău
- Russian Zionists
- 1859 births
- 1929 deaths
- Delegates to the First World Zionist Congress
- Kishinev pogrom
- Russian Constituent Assembly members