Jacob Bernstein-Kohan
Jacob Bernstein-Kohan ( Jakob Bernstein-Kohen , Russian: Kogan ; also: Kohan-Bernstein or Bernstein-Cohan or Bernstein-Cohen ; * 1859 in Chișinău , Bessarabia Governorate , Russian Empire , today Moldova ; † May 12, 1929 in Dnepropetrovsk ) was a Russian doctor and Zionist , early member of the Chowewe Zion , from 1897 to 1905 member of the large, from 1905 to 1907 of the narrow action committee; Head of the Zionist Correspondence Office in Russia (in Kishinev ; a position which, much to Herzl's displeasure , he used in an unjust circular letter in August 1901 to oppose the Zionist leadership and create a mood).
Jacob Bernstein-Kohan was one of the leaders and ideologues of the "democratic-Zionist faction" (1901) and a leading Russian opponent to the Uganda plan . From 1907 to 1910 he worked as a doctor in Palestine, which he left because of conflicts with conservative settlers (violent generation conflict in Petach Tikwa in the summer of 1909, during which time he was the chairman of the village committee favored by the “boys”, but later had to resign).
Although he returned in 1925, he soon accepted a doctor's position in Jewish agricultural settlements in the Ukraine.
At the 2nd Zionist Congress in 1898 he caused an embarrassing incident because he kept talking about the "poverty" of the Zionist movement, while Herzl wanted to impress and win Turkey with the power, influence and money of the Zionists.
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| SURNAME | Bernstein-Kohan, Jacob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bernstein-Cohan, Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian Zionist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chișinău , Bessarabia Governorate , Russian Empire , today Moldova |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 1929 |
| Place of death | Dnepropetrovsk , Soviet Union |