Yinon Cohen, an Israeli sociologist, is the Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi Professor of Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University.
Cohen holds the B.A. from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and the M.A and Ph.D. from SUNY at Stony Brook.
He is known for his research on international migration, social stratification and labor markets. He has studies earnings assimilation of immigrants in Israel, Germany, and the United States, socioeconomic ethnic and gender gaps in Israel, Israeli income inequality in Israel, and the industrial relations in Israel.
Cohen’s appointment to the Yerushalmi chair was controversial because he has been a critic of Israeli policy and because the search committee included two prominent critics of Israel. He is described by The Forward as leaning "leftward on Israeli politics."
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“I have nothing against the Queen of England. Even in my heart I never resented her for not being Jackie Kennedy. She is, to my mind, a very gallant lady, victimized by whoever it is who designs the tops of her uniforms.”
—Leonard Cohen (b. 1934)