Ra'anan Cohen

Ra'anan Cohen ( Hebrew רענן כהן; * February 28, 1941 in Baghdad ) is a former Israeli politician who was Minister of Welfare and Social Services from August 10, 2000 to March 7, 2001 as a member of the Jisra'el Achat .

Life

He immigrated to Palestine in 1951 as part of the Aliyah . In his youth he was a member of the Histadrut ha-No'ar ha-owed we-ha-lomed ( Hebrew הסתדרות הנוער העובד והלומד, lit. The Federation of Working and Studying Youth ). He was also a member of the No'al ( Hebrew נוע"ל), an Israeli youth movement, the Habonim Dror and the Zionut Sozialistit ( Hebrew ציונות סוציאליסטית, Socialist Zionists ).

Publications

• Strangers in Their Homeland. Sussex Academic Press, London.
• be-Swach ha-Neemanujiot. ( Hebrew בסְבַךְ הנֶאֱמָנוּיות, dt. "In good faith"); Im Owed Hebrew עם עובד, Tel Aviv 1990.
• Neschikat ha-Zabar. ( Hebrew נְשִׁיקַת הצַבָּר, dt. "Kiss of a native Israeli"); Jedijot achoronot Hebrew יְדִיעוֹת אַחֲרוֹנוֹת, Tel Aviv 2002.
• Sarim be-Betm. ( Hebrew זָרִים בּבֵיתם, German "foreigners in their homes"); D'jonun in Hebrew דְּיוֹנוּן, Tel Aviv 2006.

Web links

• Knesset website , accessed February 4, 2014