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much _needed technical
equipment and supplies
to the embattled state.
Cohen became a
member of the national
board and was Michigan
chairman of Material for
Israel, Inc., which sent
many shipments of food
and supplies. Beginning
in 1945 at a meeting with
David Ben-Gurion in New
York, Cohen and 15 other
Americans began prepar-
ing for the coming state-
hock'.
Vera, Malcolm Cohen
Cohen became an ad-
visor to the Haganah. In
1948, Gen. Mickey Marcus
contacted Cohen through a
letter written by the
Weizmann Institute's
Chaim Pekeriss, request=
ing unclassified U.S.
specifications and samples
of bazooka anti-tank
weapons and rockets.
Thus Cohen, his wife
and son began supplying.
surplus U.S. equipment,
many times classified as
junk, to the fledgling
state. Often re-packing
the material at night, by
themselves, the Cohens
are credited with supply-
ing the transmitters and
receivers used in every
truck and tank that took
part in the liberation of
the Negev during the War
of Independence and 250
radios used by kibutzim
for communication and
signalling.
Often the equipment
was sent through the
Weizmann Institute, and
the institute itself called
upon Cohen for help in
the early 1950s.
Pekeriss, chairman of
the applied mathematics
department, sought Co-'
hen's assistance in ob-
taining parts for one of
the -world's first comput-
ers outside the U.S. Prof.'
Albert Einstein of
Princeton University
gave Cohenthe necessary
blueprints and Fred
Poncher of Chicago
helped Cohen convince
manufacturers to donate
more than $500,000 in
equipment._ •
The original computer
and a plaque honoring
Cohen's efforts are now
displayed in Rehovot.
Prof. Pekeriss wrote to
Cohen recently: "I recall
with pleasure your efforts
on behalf of the Depart-
ment of Applied Mathema-
tics dating back to nearly
30 years ago, in particular
the enormous shipment of
spare electronic parts for
our first electronic compu-
ter, WEIZAC.
"WEIZAC was com-
pleted in 1954, at a time
when no computer of that
capacity was available in
the whole continent of
Europe. With WEIZAC
we were able to de-
monstrate the
capabilities which elec-
tronic computers hold out
for the advancement of
mathematical physics.
"In 1957 and the years
following, we put new life
in the fields of auantum
mechanics, geophysics
and oceanography, and
some of our papers are
still classics to this day. -
Cohen's efforts on be-
half of Israel were recog-
nized in letters from
Weizmann and Ben-
Gurion. 'He also received
an award from Haganah,
the "Fighters for Israel"
emblem, and the Weiz-
mann Medallion.
Cohen, born in 1900 in
Poland, came to the U.S. in
1905. His parents man-
ufactured umbrellas in
Pittsburgh, where he
graduated high school,
and he came to Detroit in
1925. The Cohens' son and
daughter-in-law has now
provided them with three
grandchildren, and a
Brzezinski Changes Tune
On Israel Following Visit
TEL AVIV (ZINS) —
Prof. Zbigniew
Brzezinski, political ad-
viser to Jimmy Carter, vi-
sited Israel. He left the
country with a different
view than that with
which he came, writes
Mati Golan, political ex-
pert for the Hebrew
morning daily Ha'aretz.
Golan writes that the
visitor's first meeting
with Israeli authorities
reflected a point of view
at odds with Israel's posi-
tion on the Israeli-Arab
conflict. However, four
days . of extensive visits
throughout the country
and long meetings with
various parties resulted
in a change of attitude.
The newsman said that if
Carter is elected and if the
professor remains in a key
advisory political role in
the new administration,
the state of Israel will
doubtless gain from the
results of Brzezinski's re-
cent visit.
At the same tine, Golan
writes that every men-
tion of Henry Kissing
evoked expressions of
deep anxiety and concern
on the pail of the visiting
professor.
Meanwhile,
in
Washington, a newsman
asked Dr. Kissinger,
"What is the difference
between your views and
those of Professor
Brzezinski who is being
considered as a possible
future Secretary of
State?"
Dr. Kissinger said: "I do
not consider Brzezinski
as my rival. He is known
as-a man who frequently,
changes position. He is
also a man of great talent
capable of writing impor-
tant books and I wish him
every possible success in
his future academic
career."
great-granddaughter was
born last week.
Cohen is a member of
Cong. Bnai Moshe and of
the Mosaic Lodge.
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