About Phil Cohen

I'm a rabbi with interests in bioethics, ethics, Bible, Israel, rabbinics, philosophy, Jewish philosophy, fiction, science fiction (I'm the author of Nick Bones Underground, a sci fi novel that won a prize from the Jewish Book Council). I work these days as a pulpit rabbi in Columbia, MO, but my career has been varied including teaching college. In order to market my novel I've been on numerous podcasts and broadcasts.

Phil Cohen is a rabbi in Columbia, MO. He's also the author of Nick Bones Underground.

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NBN Episodes hosted by Phil:

Ron Kronish, "Profiles in Peace: Voices of Peacebuilders in the Midst of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" (2022)

December 27, 2022

Profiles in Peace

Ron Kronish
Hosted by Phil Cohen

Rabbi Ron Kronish spent thirty years directing the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel (ICCI), an interfaith organization devoted to promoti…

Mark A. Raider and Gary Phillip Zola, "New Perspectives in American Jewish History: A Documentary Tribute to Jonathan D. Sarna" (Brandeis UP, 2021)

June 2, 2022

New Perspectives in American Jewish History

Mark A. Raider and Gary Phillip Zola
Hosted by Phil Cohen

New Perspectives in American Jewish History: A Documentary Tribute to Jonathan D. Sarna (Brandeis UP, 2021) is a collection of annotated primary sourc…

Peter Kreeft, "Three Philosophies of Life: Ecclesiastes, Job, and Song of Songs" (Ignatius Press, 2016)

May 20, 2022

Three Philosophies of Life

Peter Kreeft
Hosted by Phil Cohen

"I've been a philosopher for all my adult life and the three most profound books of philosophy that I have ever read are Ecclesiastes, Job, and Song o…

Michael Marmur and David Ellenson, "American Jewish Thought Since 1934: Writings on Identity, Engagement, and Belief" (Brandeis UP, 2020)

February 16, 2022

American Jewish Thought Since 1934

Michael Marmur and David Ellenson
Hosted by Phil Cohen

Mordecai Kaplan’s Judaism as a Civilization was first published in 1934. The editors of American Jewish Thought Since 1934: Writings on Identity, Enga…