Elliot E. Cohen


Elliot E. Cohen was the founder and first editor of Commentary.

Background

While an undergraduate at Yale, Cohen contributed light verse to a campus humor magazine, The Yale Record.

Career

Menorah Journal

In the 1930s, he was a co-editor of the Menorah Journal with Herbert Solow.

''Commentary''

Cohen was founder-editor of Commentary, published by the American Jewish Committee from 1945 until his death by suicide in 1959.
During his tenure at Commentary, the magazine had a liberal point of view. His editorial position was filled by Norman Podhoretz in 1960, by Neal Kozodoy in 1995, and by John Podhoretz in 2009.