Yohanan Cohen
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Yohanan Cohen (born 12-31-1917) is a Polish-Israeli zionist who came to Israel in the 1937 Aliyah. He was a member of the Knesset from the Progressive Party and held numerous leadership positions in the military, government, and activist organizations related to Israel.
[edit] Military service
- Hagana (1938)
- Jewish Settlement Police (1941-1944)
- Captain in the Golani 19th Brigade during the Israeli War of Independence.
- Lieutenant Colonel (Reserves) in the Infantry
[edit] Public Offices
- Member of the "Zionist Youth" movement in Poland
- Member of Leadership of “Zionist Youth” in pre-State Israel, 1939-1941
- Active in “Escape” from Europe, 1945-1947
- Member of Zionist Executive Committee, 1946-1950
- Member of Organizing Committee of Histadrut, 1950-1952
- Director of Secretariat of World “Zionist Youth”, 1952-1954
- Member of Directorate and Political Committee of the Progressive Party
- Worked in Foreign Affairs Ministry, 1960-1983
- Deputy Director of Information Department, 1960-1963
- Consulate General in Boston, 1965-1968
- Director of Information Department, 1968-1970
- Director of Eastern Europe Department, 1970-1973
- Israeli Ambassador to Romania, 1973-1976
- Israeli Ambassador to Finland, 1976-1979
- Directory, History Department of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1980-1983)
- Member, Directorate of ”Masua”, Institute of Holocaust Studies
[edit] Publications
- (1989) Small nations in times of crisis & confrontation. State University of New York Press. ISBN 0-7914-0018-2.
- “The Key is in the Hands of the Arabs” (Heb) (1962)
- “The Growth of the Zionist Movement” (Heb) (1976)
- “The Testing of Nations” (Heb) (1985)
- Edited the Magazine “The Zionist Worker”, 1944-1945
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