Eugene Kohn

Eugene Kohn (January 26, 1887 – April 1, 1977) was an American Reconstructionist rabbi, writer and editor.

Born in Newark, New Jersey, he attended the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and received ordination in 1912.

[1] It was during his studies at the Seminary that he met Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, who taught him homiletics.

Between 1912 and 1939 he served as a congregational rabbi in Conservative synagogues in the U.S. states of Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Wisconsin, and Ohio.

Alongside Jack Cohen, Eisenstein, and Milton Steinberg, he was one of Kaplan's main disciples.