An Evening With Glenn Cohen
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
7:30 PM
placeShames JCC on the Hudson, 371 S Broadway, Tarrytown, New York, 10591

Online registration for this event has closed. For more information, contact Erica Wohlstadter.

Join UJA Rivertowns and Shames JCC on the Hudson for a timely conversation with Glenn Cohen, who spent 30 years as a Mossad officer and chief psychologist, Israeli Air Force pilot, POW expert, and IDF hostage negotiator.

Since October 7, Glenn has been one of the few officers to receive clearance to share his story. He has served in the emergency reserve duty in the IDF Hostage Negotiation Unit, where he was selected to be the first mental health professional to meet the released hostages upon their return to Israel in November 2023; he subsequently wrote the protocol for absorbing the returned hostages.

We’ll also hear about UJA’s powerful work healing and rebuilding Israel, confronting the sharp rise in antisemitism, and helping New Yorkers of all backgrounds here at home.

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Speaker

Glenn Cohen

Former Mossad Chief Psychologist and Hostage Negotiator

Glenn Cohen, hostage debrief team leader and former Mossad chief psychologist, was born and raised in New York City. He moved to Israel after high school and served for over 30 years as an Air Force pilot, Mossad officer, special forces psychologist, and IDF hostage negotiator.

Since retiring with the Israeli equivalent rank of colonel, Glenn has trained top business and military brass with the five "E.L.I.T.E." keys to resilience and peak performance that he pioneered during his tenure in the Mossad.

After October 7, Glenn served over four months in emergency reserve duty in the IDF Hostage Negotiation Unit, where he was selected to be the first mental health professional to...

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Leadership

Westchester Regional Chair

Laurie Girsky

Laurie Girsky

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