Place of birth Bnei Brak, Israel 2006–2008 United Torah Judaism | Knessets 17 | |
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Date of birth (1953-07-13) 13 July 1953 (age 63) Elected to the Knesset Israeli legislative election, 2006 | ||
Ya'akov Cohen (Hebrew: יעקב כהן, born 13 July 1953) is an Israeli rabbi and former politician.
Biography
Born in Bnei Brak, Cohen was ordained as a rabbi at the Beit Talmud LeHora'a. He founded the Hassidic Bnei Brak Seminary in 1980 and served as a director until 2001.
For the 2006 Knesset elections he was placed sixth on the United Torah Judaism list, and became a Knesset member when the party won six seats. He resigned his seat on 31 July 2008 as part of a rotation agreement between the Agudat Yisrael and Degel HaTorah factions of UTJ, and was replaced by Uri Maklev.
Ya'akov Cohen denounced 2006 Jerusalem gay rights rally stating "This isn't the gay pride parade but the disgrace parade!"
References
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