The scion of eighteen generations of rabbis, Rabbi J. Simcha Cohen is the author of six highly regarded books of Halacha. He was ordained by HaRav R. Yitzchok Hutner z"l, of Yeshivat Rav Chaim Berlin, and has served as community Rabbi in New Jersey, California, and Australia. Rabbi Cohen is the founder of a national rabbinic think tank and served at the helm of several national and local rabbinic and communal organizations. He is the recipient of the Rabbinic Leadership Award from the West Coast Region of the Orthodox Union and was honored with the "Jerusalem Prize" in 2002 for Rabbinic Leadership and Scholarship. His column, "Halachic Questions", appears in The Jewish Press. His writings have been acclaimed as "remarkable achievements" that "succeed in creating genuine Torah excitement" and include How Does Jewish Law Work (vol. 1 and 2), Timely Jewish Questions: Timeless Rabbinic Answers, Intermarriage and Conversion, The Jewish Heart, and The 613th Commandment. Rabbi Cohen lives with his wife Shoshana in West Palm Beach, Florida, where he is the spiritual leader of Congregation Aitz Chaim.
