Idov Cohen ( he, אידוב כהן, 4 November 1909 – 16 May 1998) was a

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i politician and journalist. He served as a member of the

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for the Progressive Party and

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between 1949 and 1963.

Biography

Born in Mihăileni,

Botoșani County Botoșani County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia (encompassing a few villages in neigbhouring Suceava County from Bukovina to the west as well), with the capital town ( ro, Oraș reședință de județ) at Botoșani. De ...

in 1909, Cohen was educated at a

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. Between 1927 and 1933 he worked as a bookkeeper, before being appointed General Secretary of the Jewish National Fund in the country, a job he held until 1939. He also worked as a journalist, and was a member of the editorial board of ''Our Rebirth'' between 1933 and 1939, the editor of Romanian Zionist Weekly from 1933 until 1943, Illustrated Zionist Weekly (1933–1937), as well as publishing ''Adam'', a monthly Jewish literary magazine (1937–1939). In 1940 he made

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Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 i ...

, where he was amongst the founders of the Association of Romanian Immigrants, and started work as the chief editor of ''The Zionist Worker''. In 1943, he became deputy editor of ''HaZman'' and editor of ''Carenno'', working for both until 1947. In 1948, he founded the Organisation for Romanian Immigrants. A founding member of the Progressive Party, he served on

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

city council, and was elected to the Knesset on the party's list in

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. He lost his seat in the July 1951 elections, but returned to the Knesset on 10 September as a replacement for

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. He was re-elected in

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and

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. In 1961, he initiated the move to unite the Progressive Party with the

General Zionists The General Zionists ( he, הַצִיּוֹנִים הַכְּלָלִיים, translit. ''HaTzionim HaKlaliym'') were a centrist Zionist movement and a political party in Israel. The General Zionists supported the leadership of Chaim Weizmann an ...

to form the

. He was re-elected on the new party's list in

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later that year, but resigned from the Knesset on 11 November 1963, and was replaced by

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.Knesset Members in the Fifth Knesset
Knesset website He died on 16 May 1998.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cohen, Idov 1909 births 1998 deaths People from Botoșani County Romanian Jews Romanian Zionists Romanian emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Jews in Mandatory Palestine Israeli people of Romanian-Jewish descent Romanian opinion journalists Romanian magazine editors Israeli opinion journalists Israeli magazine editors Israeli newspaper editors Liberal Party (Israel) politicians Progressive Party (Israel) politicians Members of the 1st Knesset (1949–1951) Members of the 2nd Knesset (1951–1955) Members of the 3rd Knesset (1955–1959) Members of the 4th Knesset (1959–1961) Members of the 5th Knesset (1961–1965)