Professor Devora HaCohen, Scholar of Immigration, Dies at 90
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Professor Devora HaCohen, a leading scholar of immigration and Israeli society, died at age 90. Born in Tiberias in 1936, she researched the absorption of immigrants and the role of women. HaCohen taught at Bar-Ilan and Ben-Gurion Universities and received the "Yekirat Yerushalayim" award in 2015. She was the wife of Rabbi Menachem HaCohen and is survived by three children.
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- Professor Devora HaCohen, a prominent scholar of immigration and Israeli society, has passed away at 90.
- HaCohen's research focused on immigration absorption and the role of women in shaping Israeli society.
- She held professorships at Bar-Ilan and Ben-Gurion Universities and conducted research abroad.
- HaCohen was honored with the "Yekirat Yerushalayim" award in 2015 for her contributions.
- She was the wife of Rabbi Menachem HaCohen and is survived by three children.
Professor Devora HaCohen, a prominent scholar of immigration and settlement in the Land of Israel and the development of Israeli society, has passed away at the age of 90. For decades, she researched the evolution of Israeli society and made its history accessible to the general public.
Born in Tiberias in 1936, HaCohen was the great-granddaughter of Rabbi Moshe Kliar. She pursued her academic career, earning a doctorate from Bar-Ilan University for her research on the great wave of immigration and its absorption in Israel between 1948 and 1953. She held a professorship at Bar-Ilan University's Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, focusing her research on various waves of immigration, mass absorption after the state's establishment, settlement, leadership, and the role of women in shaping Israeli society.
HaCohen was also a research fellow at the Ben-Gurion Institute for the Study of Zionism and Israel in Sde Boker and taught at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Her research extended internationally, with periods at Oxford and Harvard Universities, Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, and Rutgers University in the United States.
In addition to her academic work, HaCohen served for decades as the scientific advisor for educational television on history and Jewish studies, contributing to making Jewish history accessible to the public. In recognition of her extensive work, she was awarded the "Yekirat Yerushalayim" (Esteemed Citizen of Jerusalem) award in 2015.
HaCohen was the wife of Rabbi Menachem HaCohen, a rabbi, public figure, and researcher. Chagit HaCohen-Wolf, an organizational psychologist. Her funeral took place on Friday at the "Kehilat Yerushalayim" funeral home on Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. The family is observing mourning at their home in Jerusalem.