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Miriam Bernstein-Cohen ( ; 1895–1991), was an Israeli actress, director, poet and translator. Miriam Bernstein-Cohen was born in Kishinev,
Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...
. Her father was the doctor and community activist Jacob Bernstein-Kogan. She grew up in
Kharkov Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.
. After training as a medical doctor she enrolled in drama school. She studied with
Konstantin Stanislavski Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski ( rus, Константин Сергеевич Станиславский, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin sʲɪrˈɡʲejɪvʲɪtɕ stənʲɪˈslafskʲɪj, links=yes; ; 7 August 1938) was a seminal Russian and Sovie ...
in Moscow in 1918 before returning to Moldova as an actress, where she worked under the name Maria Alexandrova. After immigrating to Palestine, Bernstein-Cohen settled in
Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( or , ; ), sometimes rendered as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, and usually referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline and with a popula ...
and joined the country's first professional theater company.Miriam Bernstein-Cohen in the Jewish Virtual Library
/ref> In 1925, she founded the first Hebrew-language periodical in Palestine dedicated to theater, ''Te'atron ve-Omanut''.


Awards and recognition

*In 1975, Bernstein-Cohen was awarded the
Israel Prize The Israel Prize (; ''pras israél'') is an award bestowed by the State of Israel, and regarded as the state's highest cultural honor. History Prior to the Israel Prize, the most significant award in the arts was the Dizengoff Prize and in Israel ...
, for theatre.


See also

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List of Israel Prize recipients This is an incomplete list of recipients of the Israel Prize from the inception of the Prize in 1953 - 2025. List For each year, the recipients are, in most instances, listed in the order in which they appear on the official Israel Prize website ...
* Theater of Israel *
Culture of Israel The culture of Israel is closely associated with Jewish culture and rooted in the Jewish history of the diaspora and Zionist movement. It has also been influenced by Arab culture and the history and traditions of the Arab Israeli population and ...


References

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