Rabbi Jonathan Cohen
Executive Director, FJRP
As of January 1, 2026, Rabbi Jonathan Cohen assumed the role of Executive Director of Friends of Jewish Renewal in Poland. Throughout two decades, Rabbi Cohen served as a tenure-track and tenured faculty member at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR), director of a joint academic center to the University of Cincinnati and HUC-JIR, and dean of the Cincinnati campus. Now a congregational rabbi and consultant, Rabbi Cohen brings academic, administrative, and rabbinic experience to this position at Friends of Jewish Renewal in Poland.
During the past seven months, Rabbi Cohen has supported Rabbi Beliak’s work in the U.S. and in Poland. He has undertaken several projects to enhance our organizational procedures and processes. A focus on both legal and organizational perspectives has marked his work as Administrative Director. Rabbi Jonathan Cohen recently held discussions in Poland on future directions for Progressive Jewish life in Poland. This was his second visit to Poland, but his first as Administrative Director of Friends of Jewish Renewal in Poland.
