Biography
Yehuda HaKohen immigrated to Israel from New York in 2001 and studied in Jerusalem’s Machon Meir institute. During this time, he founded Am Segula and organized weekend programs for American students in Israel to visit Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Am Segula also held weekly classes in central Jerusalem where veteran activist Elie Yossef taught Zionist history.
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