David Cohen is a retired New York City elementary school teacher who lives in Queens. He writes poetry and essays.
David Cohen
By David Cohen
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Culture What a chatbot taught me about resolving the Israel-Hamas war (and making matzo balls)
Ingredients include contact, dialog, allies, trust and patience
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Community How An Immigrant Sephardic Family Made Its Home In New York
I was a first-born son in 1943 and, in the Sephardic tradition, was named David after my father’s living father. My middle name, however, came from my mother’s beloved sister Lee, whom I never met because, as Mom told me, she died young of a broken heart. Mom was second-youngest in a family that emigrated…
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