Leopold Cohn (Christian clergyman)

Leopold Cohn
Rev. Leopold Cohn
BornSeptember 12, 1862
Berezna, Hungary
DiedDecember 19, 1937
Other namesItsak Leib Joszovics
OccupationMissionary
Known forChristian evangelism

Leopold Cohn (September 12, 1862, Berezna, Hungary - December 19, 1937, Brooklyn, NY) was a Jewish convert to Evangelicalism who formed the Brownsville Mission to the Jews, an organization that now exists as Chosen People Ministries. Cohn lived in Hungary, and, shortly after his arrival to the United States, converted to Evangelicalism. He was educated in a Presbyterian seminary and ordained a Baptist minister. In his day, he was one of the most successful and controversial Christian evangelists to the Jews. In 1930, Cohn was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity by Wheaton College, an Evangelical college.