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Benyamin Cohen

Benyamin Cohen (born 1975) is an American journalist and author. He is the author of the memoir My Jesus Year: A Rabbi's Son Wanders the Bible Belt in Search of His Own Faith published by HarperOne. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Publishers Weekly named it one of the best books of the year for which Cohen received the Georgia Author of the Year Award. [6] [7] He was the founder and editor of the award-winning national magazine American Jewish Life and the online magazine Jewsweek, and he has written for the Huffington Post, the Daily Beast, the Washington Post, and Slate. [8] [9] [10] [11] Before that, he edited Torah from Dixie, thoughts on the weekly Bible portion, which was later turned into a book by the same name. [12] He served as the content director for the Mother Nature Network, a science and environmental news website.

Contents

In 2014, he became the editorial director of the website "From The Grapevine". [13] In 2018, he began hosting a weekly interview podcast, hosted on the Grapevine site, called "Our Friend from Israel". [14] He previously served as the host of the "Hadassah on Call" podcast. [15] In December 2020, it was announced that he became the News Director of The Forward. [16] [17] [18]

Jewsweek

Jewsweek was an online magazine devoted to covering issues pertinent to young Jews in their 20s and 30s. It was created by Cohen in 2001. It covered a host of subjects, including topical events in the entertainment industry, political world, and within Judaism itself, both as it concerned the United States and Israel. In 2005 Cohen sold the company, which was subsequently reopened under Blue Star Media. Jewsweek ceased operation in 2007.

Book

Cohen's book My Jesus Year: A Rabbi’s Son Wanders the Bible Belt in Search of Faith is part memoir, part spiritual quest, and part anthropologist's mission. In Cohen's book, he seeks to understand his lack of enthusiasm for Orthodox Judaism in addition to why Christians are so excited about Christianity. Among many adventures, he jumps into the mosh-pit at a Christian rock concert, sees himself on the JumboTron of a Black Baptist service, goes door-to-door with Mormon missionaries, attends a Christian wrestling event, and spends the day with some monks at a monastery. To Cohen's surprise, his search for universal answers and truths in the Bible Belt actually makes him a better Jew.

Cohen began work on a book about Albert Einstein in March 2021. [19] The book, The Einstein Effect: How the World's Favorite Genius Got into Our Cars, Our Bathrooms, and Our Minds, published in 2023. [20] It shows how Einstein's work can be found in modern technologies like GPS and iPhone cameras, as well as interviews with celebrities that are inspired by Einstein – including Christopher Lloyd [21] and Yahoo Serious. [22] A chapter devoted to Einstein's work helping refugees includes a conversation with actor Mandy Patinkin, who is the ambassador for the International Rescue Committee, a refugee aid organization founded by Einstein. [23] Cohen runs the official social media accounts for Albert Einstein, which have more than 20 million followers. [24]

Bibliography

The Einstein Effect: How the World's Favorite Genius Got into Our Cars, Our Bathrooms, and Our Minds (Sourcebooks, 2023)

My Jesus Year: A Rabbi’s Son Wanders the Bible Belt in Search of His Own Faith (HarperOne, 2008).

Torah from Dixie: Intriguing Thoughts on the Weekly Torah Portion (1998)

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  14. ↑ "Podcasts | From the Grapevine". From the Grapevine. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
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