Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Rabbi Kogan simultaneously began the study medicine at the University of Buenos Aires and enrolled in rabbinical school at the Latin-American Rabbinical Seminary in Argentina in 1987. In 1993, Rabbi Kogan travelled to Houston, Texas where he was a medical intern at Baylor College of Medicine and at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Rabbi Kogan became a medical doctor in 1995. And, in 1997, he became certified as a mohel after studying at the Bichur Cholim Hospital in Jerusalem.

Rabbi Kogan has a rich history as a temple leader and Jewish educator. In Argentina, from 1992 until 1999, he led the Jewish congregations of Chana Senesh, Beth Israel and Hebrew Congregation of Lomas de Zamora. In 1998, he received his Master of Hebrew Letters from the Seminario Rabinico Latinoamericano, Buenos Aires. Rabbi Kogan began his further rabbinical studies at the HUC-JIR in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1999. During this time, he served as student rabbi at four congregations: Temple Beth Sholom, Ishpeming, MI; Temple Beth Sholom, Miami Beach, FL; Mount Zion Temple, Sioux Falls, SD; and Temple Sholom, Cincinnati, OH.

Rabbi Kogan received his Master of Hebrew Letters from the HUC-JIR in May 2002, at which time he also fulfilled the first unit of certification in Pastoral Care Education (C.P.E.) at Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 2003, Rabbi Kogan completed a Master in Educational Organization with a specialization in Jewish Education from Xavier University in conjunction with HUC-JIR, Cincinnati, Ohio. Rabbi Kogan received a Master of Bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine in May 2009.

While Associate Rabbi and Director of Education at Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple, Rabbi Kogan created innovative prayer and meditation experiences for religious school students, implemented unique study, music, art, and mitzvah experiences for adults and children, and introduced a comprehensive educational curriculum for grades K through 12. He taught adult and youth education programs. And, he performed the daily roles of a Rabbi including leading services, officiating at life cycle events, providing counseling and pastoral care, and actively participating in tzedakah.

On July 1, 2009, Rabbi Kogan became our Rabbi at Temple Beth Tikvah in Madison, Connecticut. He lives in Guilford with his wife Ana Sverdlick, his daughter Milena Yael and his son Ezekiel Yair.

Rabbi Kogan can be reached at the temple
at (203) 245-7256 or email at rabbikogan@sbcglobal.net