About Rabbi Dr. Jack Cohen:
Born in Cairo, Egypt, Rabbi Dr. Jack Cohen carries a rich legacy of Torah scholarship and Jewish heritage. His father, a Sephardic Jew from Syria, and his mother, of Ashkenazi descent from Odessa, Ukraine, raised him in a home deeply rooted in both traditions. His father and uncles were esteemed talmidim of the great Rav Ovadia Yosef during his tenure as a spiritual leader in the Egyptian Jewish community. His uncle, Meyer Cohen, became a talmid muvhak of Rav Ovadia, studying over fifteen masechtot with the Rishon Letzion.
Following the Six-Day War, Rabbi Cohen’s family left Egypt, while his future father-in-law, serving in the IDF, led an intelligence unit stationed just outside Cairo, intercepting critical communications between Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and other Arab leaders.
Settling in the United States, Rabbi Cohen’s Torah education flourished. He attended Sephardic Talmud Torah in New York and later Yeshiva University High School for Boys. At the age of 12, he had the privilege of meeting the gadol hador, Rav Avigdor Miller, who would become his mentor and guide for many years.
His academic pursuits led him to prestigious institutions, earning undergraduate degrees in pre-med from NYU and Harvard before attending medical school in New York, where he specialized in sports medicine and foot surgery. While practicing medicine, Rabbi Cohen’s passion for Torah education remained steadfast. For over 30 years, he volunteered in Brooklyn yeshivot, dedicating his mornings to teaching and his afternoons to his medical practice.
His journey took him to Miami, where he spent six years practicing medicine while also teaching Judaism at the University of Miami through Aish HaTorah and Ohr Sameach. During this time, he formed a profound friendship with Rav Shalom Arush, author of The Garden of Emunah and numerous other works. Rav Arush’s teachings deeply influenced Rabbi Cohen’s approach to shidduchim and shalom bayis, shaping his mission to guide others in building strong Jewish marriages.
Returning to New York to arrange shidduchim for his daughters, Rabbi Cohen continued teaching limudei kodesh in various yeshivot, with a particular emphasis on dating and marriage education. Six years ago, he temporarily retired from medicine to devote himself entirely to educating the Jewish community on successful dating and marriage.
Rabbi Cohen’s impact has been extraordinary. To date, he has delivered over 500 shiurim on dating and shalom bayis, published more than 400 articles on these critical topics, and mentored thousands of men and women navigating the journey of shidduchim and marriage. With b’li ayin hara, he has had the zechus to facilitate over 1,500 shidduchim, helping to build countless Jewish homes.
Today, Rabbi Cohen continues to teach limudei kodesh in the morning and dedicates his afternoons and evenings—often late into the night—to serving as a mentor for Klal Yisrael, offering invaluable guidance on dating and marriage. His lifelong mission remains clear: to strengthen Jewish families, one shidduch at a time.
i suspect that many female matchmakers are a big part of the shidduch crisis. certain matchmakers who discriminate people based on money, looks, age, being ffb, and other things that the Torah would not approve of them discriminating based on. they then block the proper shidduchim from happening. the solution to this is those female matchmakers quitting their job, or changing their ways.
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I met a guy on my own who no shadchan would ever suggest to me bc his family is more lubavitch than mine
It isn’t the women shadchanim who are the problem. Unfortunately you don’t meet the standards of their clientele. So Man up/Boss up or become such a nice guy that your friends keep on mentioning you as their #1 single friend (meaning that they are willing to take achrayut to their immediate family & machatunim that you are a quality guy).
Male shadchanim are equally as guilty.
At the end of the day, it’s in Hashems hands
That is indeed important
All this talk helps nothing. The problem is the artificial devaluation of girls. Face it, most girls in our educational system are more responsible, hardworking, gracious, intelligent and more capable than the bochurim that come out the boys system. Yet, despite the fact that every girl is catch, the crisis hits as soon as she enters the Shidduch age. Why? Because every minute over age 21, her value goes down, but it is completely artificial. This fake devaluation IS the source of all the problems. The fact of the matter is that a girl in her mid-twenties is more beautiful,… Read more »
Why separate seating though?
Is this for boys or girls?
Where is it?
Someone’s house? What’s 630 east NY
I think female matchmakers work really hard many times for no pay
Maybe gratitude should go first before making your request or critique
Asking for ALL those who are not in Crown Heights, who would immensely benefit from listening in to this event. Is there any possibility in the world for the event to be live streamed or have a zoom option? Thank you!!