Jacob Bernstein-Kogan (1859–1929) was a Russian physician,

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, and Jewish community activist. He was born in 1859 in what is now

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, Moldova (then Kishinev,

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, Russian Empire). His father was an important figure in the Kishinev Jewish community. As a Zionist activist, Bernstein-Kogan led the Kishinev correspondence bureau of the Zionist movement. During the

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, he and his family fled their home, which was looted. As a community organizer and activist, he raised money for relief and played an important role in spreading awareness of the pogrom around the world. Later, he left Kishinev out of fear that he would be murdered for raising awareness of the pogrom. Bernstein-Kogan was a doctor by trade and specialized in

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. Before

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, he moved to

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but later returned to Europe, first to Romania and then to

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. He died in 1929 in

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Family

Bernstein-Kogan's daughter

Miriam Bernstein-Cohen Miriam Bernstein-Cohen ( ; 1895–1991), was an Israeli actress, director, poet and translator. Miriam Bernstein-Cohen was born in Kishinev, Russian Empire. Her father was the doctor and community activist Jacob Bernstein-Kogan. She grew up in ...

was an actress and director in Israel.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bernstein-Kogan, Jacob 20th-century Russian physicians 20th-century Russian Jews 19th-century physicians from the Russian Empire 19th-century Jews from the Russian Empire People from Chișinău Russian Zionists 1859 births 1929 deaths Delegates to the First World Zionist Congress Kishinev pogrom Russian Constituent Assembly members