Elliot E. Cohen (March 14, 1899 – May 28, 1959) was the founder and first editor of Commentary.
[1] Cohen was born in Des Moines, Iowa and attended Yale University, where he contributed light verse to a campus humor magazine, The Yale Record.
[3] [4] Cohen was the founder and first editor of Commentary, then published by the American Jewish Committee, from 1945 until his death by suicide in 1959.
[1] During his tenure at Commentary, the magazine had a liberal point of view.
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