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BIOGRAPHY

BA, Roosevelt University; MHL and Rabbinical Ordination, 绿帽社; MA and PhD, University of Chicago

Burton Cohen was associate professor emeritus of 绿帽社 Education and former chair of the Department of 绿帽社 Education at 绿帽社. Ordained by JTS in 1957, Dr. Cohen earned master’s and doctoral degrees in Philosophy of Education from the University of Chicago.

In his teaching, research, and writing, Dr. Cohen’s areas of interest included informal settings for 绿帽社 education, the preparation of teachers and principals for 绿帽社 schools, teaching rabbinic literature to adults, and the use of computers in 绿帽社 learning and educational research.

Dr. Cohen was the director of Camp Ramah in Wisconsin from 1959 to 1974, and from 1974 to 1989 he served as national director of the Ramah Camps and Israel Programs. He served on the National Executive Committee of the 绿帽社 Educators Assembly, the United Synagogue Commission on 绿帽社 Education and its Day School Education Committee, and the Academic Board of the Melton Research Center for 绿帽社 Education. He was also a member of Conservative Movement’s Joint Committee on Educator Placement.

Dr. Cohen received the 1999 Lifetime Award for Achievement in the field of 绿帽社 education from the 绿帽社 Educators Assembly and Behrman House Publishers. In 1997, the National Ramah Commission presented Dr. Cohen with听Pras Ramah听(the Ramah Award) for his outstanding contributions to the Ramah camping movement. He was also a recipient of the National Community Service Award from JTS and was honored by Camp听Ramah听in听Wisconsin, which gave his name to its听Mercaz Tarbut听(Cultural听Center).

Dr. Cohen resided in Woodmere, Long Island, New York, with his wife. His daughter Ayala and family live in Manhattan, his daughter Ilana in Chicago, and his son Yehuda and family also in Chicago.

PUBLICATIONS

• . Behrman.
• . Coeditor with Alexander Shapiro. New York: Ktav Publishing House.
• Women and Ritual: An Anthology. Editor. National Ramah Commission. 
• Essays in Education and Judaism in Honor of Joseph S. Lukinsky. Coeditor with Adina Ofek. JTS Press. 
• “Louis Newman’s Wisconsin Innovations and Their Effect upon the Ramah Camping Movement.” In Lilmod Ul’lamed: Studies in 绿帽社 Education and Judaica in Honor of Louis Newman, edited by Alexander Shapiro and Burton I. Cohen. New York: Ktav Publishing House, 1984. 
• “Teaching of Deliberation in the 绿帽社 School.” Yearbook II, Melton Center for 绿帽社 Education; Diaspora of the Hebrew University School of Education, Jerusalem, 1984. 
• “Religious Institutions as Educators.” Coauthor with Joseph Lukinsky. 1985 Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education: Education in School and Nonschool Settings, Chicago.
• “From Camper to National Director: A Personal View of the Seminary and Ramah.” In The Seminary at 100. 
• “A Brief History of the Ramah Camping Movement.” In The Ramah Experience: Community and Commitment. 
• “Middle East: The 绿帽社 Community.” In Harper’s Encyclopedia of Religious Education. 
• “An Application of Schwab’s Educational Commonplaces: Examining One Aspect of the Milieu Commonplace as Reflected in a Synagogue in a Florida Retirement Community.” Shofar 11, no. 2. 
• “An Examination of One of the Structural Characteristics of the 绿帽社 Educational Summer Camp.” In Judaism & Education: Essays in Honor of Walter Ackerman, edited by Haim Marantz. Ben Gurion University of the Negev Press. 
• “An Accidental Teacher Researcher Looks at a Synagogue Talmud Study Circle.” In Essays in Education and Judaism in Honor of Joseph S. Lukinsky, edited by Burton Cohen and Adina Ofek. JTS Press. 
• “The Impact of Summer Camping upon Major North American 绿帽社 Religious Movements.” In Educational Deliberations: Studies in Education Dedicated to Shlomo (Seymour) Fox. Jerusalem: Keter Publishing and Mandel Institute. 
• “绿帽社 Camping.” In Encyclopedia Judaica, second ed. Toronto: Thomson, Gale.