Editing Alexander Cowen

Elchanan (Alexander) HaCohen Cowen was an associate of Rebbe [[Rayatz]] and [[the Rebbe]] and a board member of [[Agudas Chasidei Chabad]].

==His Connections with Chabad==
He became close to Chabad through [[Yisrael Jacobson]] in 1938,<ref>[[Zikaron L'Bnei Yisrael|Zikaron Livnei Yisrael]] p. 184</ref> and from then on corresponded frequently with the Rebbe Rayatz. He had many private audiences with the Rayatz Rebbe along with his colleague, the philanthropist [[Julius Stulman]]. Many times after these private audiences, they would continue to speak for hours with the Rebbe (then known as the Ramash). In [[1943]], he estabished, upon the request of the Rebbe Rayatz, a study group for non-religious Jews lecturing from the book [[The Bible Unauthorized]] written by [[Aaron Levitt]]. Regarding the success of the study group, the Rayatz Rebbe writes: In the first year, they would meet from time to time, and in the second year, they arranged to study once a week, and over time the number of participants increased. The effects of the study were visible among the attendess, who began to refrain from eating non-kosher food, and today, thank God, there are several minyanim - mostly English speakers - who previously knew nothing about Jewish religion, among them some who now put on tefillin, observe Shabbat, etc..<ref>Igros Kodesh of the Rebbe Rayatz Vol. 9, p. 6</ref> In 1944, he compiled a collection on the laws and importance of tefillin that was published by [[Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch]].

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