Jodie Cohen, at The Blogs

Jodie Cohen

Political consultant, commentator & author, 'Tikkun Olam: Israel vs COVID-19'

Sep 15, 2020, 11:56 AM

Some much-needed (COVID) hope for the New Year

Having written about the coronavirus since it first arrived in Israel in the middle of March, this has now become personal. One of my daughters was diagnosed with COVID-19 (thankfully she feels well) and we have all been staying...

Aug 23, 2020, 6:16 PM

Corona…it couldn’t happen to me, could it?

So there I was feeling absolutely fine one minute, and doubled over in pain the next. After an agonizing night, with the pain spreading from my abdomen to my back, I ended up in hospital with suspected acute pancreatitis....

Aug 7, 2020, 10:50 AM

Some potentially positive COVID news?

At last – the good news we’ve been waiting for - the Israeli Institute of Biological research has announced that it is expecting to start testing its potential COVID-19 vaccine on humans in October. What does this mean? It means that...

Feb 20, 2014, 4:21 PM

When hearing Haman hurts

A child at Beit Issie Shapiro developing fine motor skills and hand eye coordination with an iPad

Picture the scene. You are sitting in synagogue with your excited young children or grandchildren. They are dressed up in costumes they have been talking about with their friends for the past month. They are chewing candies from their...

About Me

Jodie Cohen is an award-winning public affairs consultant and TV political commentator. She is the author of 'Tikkun Olam: Israel vs COVID-19', which features over 30 innovations developed during the two months of lockdown in Israel. A proud British Israeli, she is also slightly obsessed with India!

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