Devorah Hacohen

Devorah Hacohen (Hebrew: דבורה הכהן‎; born 1936) is an Israeli historian and professor in the Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology at the Bar-Ilan University in Israel. She is the wife of Menachem Hacohen, and the mother of Aviad Hacohen. Her research interests are the development of Israeli society.

Devorah Hacohen
Hacohen accepting the Ben-Gurion prize
Born	(1936-11-07) 7 November 1936
Nationality	Israeli
Occupation	Historian
Employer	Bar-Ilan University

Hacohen was born in Tiberias to Judea-Leib and Esther-Feige Clairs, the great-grandchild of Rabbi Moshe Cliers. She received her doctorate in sociology and anthropology from Bar-Ilan University in 1984 for "the great immigration and absorption in Israel in 1948-1953".

From 1975 to 1992 she was the Scientific Advisor of Educational Television for History and Jewish Studies. From 1986 to 1989, she served as a research fellow at the Ben-Gurion Institute for the Study of Zionism and the State of Israel in Sde Boker, and lecturer in the Department of Jewish History at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She also worked as a researcher at Oxford University, Harvard University, and at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, and taught as a visiting professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey, United States.