Jack Simcha Cohen[1] (1936–2014) was an "18th consecutive communal rabbi in his family"[2] and "the face of Orthodox Judaism" to a TV program "viewed by millions each week."
He attended public school during his early elementary years while studying with his father, rabbi of an Orthodox synagogue in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
"[1][6][7] His first pulpit position was "at Congregation Ahawas Achim B'nai Jacob and David" in West Orange, New Jersey.
[2][9] He arrived there in 1996;[3][10] shortly after he died, an Australian rabbi/educator wrote about his "pleasant disposition .. a professional American style Rabbi with lots of grandeur.
His Halachic Questions column originated when a future associate editor of The Jewish Press, while vacationing in Los Angeles, met and encouraged Cohen to talk with the New York-based paper's co-founder Sholom Klass.