Anna Cohn
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Anna R. Cohn | |
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 Cohn in 1988 | |
| Born | 20 September 1950 Minneapolis, Minnesota, US |
| Died | 24 March 2019 (aged 68) Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Alma mater | Williams College |
| Occupations | Museum director, curator, Judaic scholar |
| Organization | Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) |
Anna Rebecca Cohn (20 September 1950 – 24 March 2019[1]) was an American museum director and Judaic scholar. Her four-decade career[2] began in the curation of Judaica and centered on the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), where she served as a director.
Cohn was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1950, and spent part of her childhood in Israel and the Netherlands.[3]: 143 She studied in Israel for a semester of high school on the Eisendrath International Exchange (EIE) program, followed by her junior year of college (1970–71) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[1] Cohn returned to the United States and continued her undergraduate studies at the University of Minnesota in history and Judaic studies. She then studied art history at Williams College, Massachusetts.[3]: 143