Zaki Cohen (Arabic: زكي كوهن) born in 1829 in Aleppo in the Ottoman Empire, was a Chief Rabbi of the Jewish community in Beirut, Lebanon and a playwright. In 1874, he founded Beirut's first modern Jewish school, called Tiferet Yisrael ("Glory of Israel") in Hebrew and al-Madrasa al-Waṭaniyya al-Isrāʾīliyya ("The National Israeli School") in Arabic, where he served as director.
Zaki Cohen (Arabic: زكي كوهن) born in 1829 in Aleppo in the Ottoman Empire, was a Chief Rabbi of the Jewish community in Beirut, Lebanon and a playwright. In 1874, he founded Beirut's first modern Jewish school, called Tiferet Yisrael ("Glory of Israel") in Hebrew and al-Madrasa al-Waṭaniyya al-Isrāʾīliyya ("The National Israeli School") in Arabic, where he served as director.
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