Rabbi Atara Cohen
Core Semikha, Class of 2020

Rabbi Atara Cohen is passionate about Torah which speaks to our social, intellectual, and emotional realities. She received semikha from Yeshivat Maharat in June 2020. Rabbi Atara is the Rabbinic Field Fellow at Base MNHTN and currently teaches Limmudei Qodesh at The Heschel Middle School. She has studied Torah in a variety of settings, including Midreshet Nishmat, Hadar, Drisha and a BA in religion at Princeton University. During rabbinical school, Rabbi Atara focused on human rights and social change through various fellowships. She served as a rabbinic intern at the Columbia-Barnard Hillel and a Cooperberg-Rittmaster Pastoral and Educational Intern at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah. Rabbi Atara lives in Manhattan, where she runs, knits, and experiments with Persian cooking.
publications and media
Title | Type | Category | Topic | Year |
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Can We Transform the World? An Analysis of the Talmudic Messiah | Article | March 3, 2022 | ||
Power Hour of Torah: The Pesach Edition | Multimedia; Dvar Torah | Video Divrei Torah; Panels and Discussions; Holiday | Pesach | March 23, 2021 |
Noah vs. Avraham: The Confidence to be Compassionate | Dvar Torah | Bereishit | Lech Lecha | 2017/5778 |
Communities of God | Dvar Torah | Bamidbar | Naso | 2017/5777 |
Hitbodedut Versus Hakhel | Dvar Torah | Devarim | Vayelech | 2019/5780 |
Rabbi Atara Cohen - Eighth Annual Semikha Ceremony | Graduation Speeches | 2020 | June 9, 2020 | |
Rabbi Atara Cohen - Maharat's 8th Annual Semikha Ceremony 2020 | Multimedia | Graduations | Eighth Semikha Ceremony | June 9, 2020 |
mentions
Title | Publication | Published |
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Alumna Is Princeton’s First To Be Ordained As Orthodox Rabbi | Princeton Alumni Weekly | June 24, 2020 |