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publicising these services and asking Jewish servicemen and their relatives to contact him and declare their religion. At the same time, in an attempt to quell allegations that Jews were not patriotic, Cohen launched a campaign to encourage Jews to enlist in the army and navy, believing that only
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in 1862, the eldest son of
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where he conducted services for Jewish soldiers, later involving senior students of Jewsâ College in helping to conduct these services, which were eventually transferred to
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as a private student. Cohen became minister of the congregation in South
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were responsible for the religious welfare and spiritual needs of Jews in public bodies and it decided to include serving members of the
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from its central position to a place near the Ark to accommodate more seats. In 1907 he introduced the military
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military service, holding the first in his own Borough Synagogue; by the time of the
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