Yousef Hamadani Cohen

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Yousef Hamadani Cohen (2009)

Yousef Hamadani Cohen ( Persian یوسف همدانی کهن; born 1916; died on March 29, 2014 in Tehran ) was the Grand Rabbi of the Jewish community in Iran . He held this position from January 1994 until his death.

In August 2000 he met the Iranian President Mohammad Chātami for the first time . In February 2003 there was another meeting between Cohen and Chātami. This took place in the Yusef Abad Synagogue in Tehran and was the first visit to a Jewish institution by an Iranian head of state.

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  1. ↑ Chris Maume: Rabbi Yousef Hamadani Cohen: Rabbi who devoted his life to representing the interests of Iran's Jewish community, one of the world's oldest. In: The Independent . April 2, 2014
  2. ↑ Iran's former chief rabbi Yousef Hamadani Cohen dies at 98. ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. jsonline, March 31, 2014, accessed on hosted.ap.org April 1, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / hosted.ap.org
  3. ^ The Jewish Community of Tehran, Iran. www.kosherdelight.com, accessed April 1, 2014 (English)
  4. ↑ Marissa Newman: Iranian chief rabbi Yousef Hamadani Cohen dies. www.timesofisrael.com, March 30, 2014, accessed April 1, 2014 (English)
personal data
SURNAME Cohen, Yousef Hamadani
ALTERNATIVE NAMES یوسف همدانی کهن (Persian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iranian Grand Rabbi
DATE OF BIRTH 1916
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 2014
Place of death Tehran