Haim Cohen

MKs


Date of birth = birth date|1911|03|11
Place of birth = Lübeck, Germany
Year of Aliyah = 1930
Date of death = Death date and age|2002|04|10|1911|03|11
Place of death =
Knesset(s) = 3rd (Not an MK)
Party =
Former parties =
Gov't roles = Minister of Justice

Haim Herman Cohen ( _he. חיים הרמן כהן, born 11 March 1911, died 10 April 2002) was an Israeli jurist and politician.

Biography

Cohen was born in Lübeck, Germany in 1911 to a religious family. He was chairman of a World Agudath Israel branch in Hamburg. In 1930 he immigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine and studied at Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva. He was also a Hazzan in Mea Shearim. He later returned to Germany to study law at Frankfurt University.Cite news
last = Lubitch
first = Vered
coauthors = David Hacohen
title = Judge Haim Cohen passed away
work = Ynet
accessdate = 2008-06-20
date = 2002-04-10
url = http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-1826929,00.html he icon] He returned to Palestine in 1933 as a lawyer and with a PhD in law. In 1936 he was certified as a lawyer and the following year he opened an office in Jerusalem.Cite news
title = Cohen (Herman) Haim
work = nfc
accessdate = 2008-06-20
date = 2003-12-19
url = http://www.nfc.co.il/Archive/006-D-129-00.html?tag=09-46-04 he icon]

After the establishment of the State of Israel, he was appointed manager of the legislation department of the Ministry of Justice, and later became State Attorney. In 1949 he was made CEO of the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General of Israel a year later. As Attorney General, he decided to indict Malchiel Gruenwald, starting the Rudolf Kastner trial.Cite web
title = Kastner Affair
work = Knesset website
accessdate = 2008-06-20
url = http://www.knesset.gov.il/lexicon/eng/kastner_eng.htm]

In 1952 he was also Minister of Justice, without being an MK.Cite web
title = Haim Cohen
work = Knesset website
accessdate = 2008-06-20
url = http://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/heb/mk.asp?mk_individual_id_t=699 he icon] In 1960 he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Israel, a position he held until his retirement in 1981.

In addition to his civil service, he was also a visiting lecturer in the Tel Aviv University (from 1956 to 1969) and Hebrew University (from 1954 to 1976) law schools, a representative of Israel in the United Nations Human Rights Council and a member of the International Court of Justice in Hague.Cite news
title = Haim Cohen, 91, Israeli Judge And Human Rights Advocate
work = New York Times
accessdate = 2008-06-20
date = 2002-04-13
url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9504E4DC153CF930A25757C0A9649C8B63] He was a member of the "T'hila" Movement for Israeli Jewish secularism.

He was awarded the Israel Prize in 1980 and honorary doctorates from several American universities, including the Georgetown University. He wrote five books, including "The Trial and Death of Jesus" in 1968, in which he argued that it were the Romans, not the Sanhedrin, who tried and executed Jesus.Cite news
issn = 0040-718X
title = An Attempt to Save Jesus?
work = Time Magazine
accessdate = 2008-06-20
date = 1967-11-10
url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,837540,00.html]

He died in 2002. President of the Supreme Court Aharon Barak cited him as one of the founders of Israeli law.

elected publications

*Cite book
publisher = Ktav Pub Inc
isbn = 0870684329
last = Cohn
first = Haim
title = The Trial and Death of Jesus
date = 1980
*Cite book
publisher = Sabra Books
isbn = 0876310447
pages = 387
last = Cohn
first = Haim Hermann
coauthors = S. Giora Shoham
title = Of Law and Man: Essays in Honor of Haim H. Cohn : Under the Auspices of the
date = 1971

References

External links

*Cite web
last = Shesher
first = Michael
title = Haim Cohen and Yeshayahu Leibovitch on god and faith
work = Hofesh.org.il
accessdate = 2008-06-20
date = 2003-03
url = http://www.hofesh.org.il/articles/jew/cohen_leibowitz.html he icon
*Cite web
title = Judge Haim Cohen RIP
work = teacher.org.il
accessdate = 2008-06-20
url = http://www.teachers.org.il/titlespages/page23712.html he icon