was one of the main factors in creating a completely new situation. He gave the Hasidim a political organization, a Rabbinical Association and a daily newspaper (Doss Yiddische Vort). In contrast to the national autonomy of the Zionists, he founded the concept of a politically active religious society, regarding which he drafted the "Ordinance; The organization of the Jewish religious community in the Government of Warsaw", which was adopted in late 1916 by the German administration. In his memoirs (chap 10), Dr Kohn writes: "The government of the occupying forces told me that the law [defining the status of the Jews in Poland] had to be such that the Polish Government would agree to it... From these discussions I understood that that it would be entirely impossible to organise the matters of the Jews and Judaism on a nationalistic basis, but only on a religious basis." Also in his memoirs, Dr. Kohn writes that he was of the opinion that if the Jews of Poland would exert their rights as a minority group within Poland then this would arouse extreme antisemitic feeling amongst the Poles which would physically endanger the Jews living in Poland. In the eyes of the Zionists, Kohn was a traitor (Bar Ilan 24 25. p. 140). Even some of his Orthodox associates were not in agreement with his policies (ibid 143-145). Dr Kohn was instrumental in forming the Union of the Orthodox (Jews). This was renamed to Shlomei Emunei Yisroel (wholly faithful of the Jews) two years later. At the third national congress of the party, in October 1928, the name of the party was changed to Agudat Israel. Dr Kohn was the executive president of the world aguda movement and travelled throughout Europe persuading communities to open local branches of the organisation. In 1939 he was rescued from Germany by his son-in-law, Ephraim Stefansky, who bribed the Swiss border guards to allow Dr Kohn to cross the border from Germany (family recollections). He then travelled to Palestine via London. In Palestine he held dialogues with Arab sheiks concerning how the Arabs and the Jews could peacefully co-exist. He wrote weekly articles for the Agudath Israel weekly Kol Yisrael, continuing writing in his final illness. Articles that he had prepared continued to appear in the newspaper for three weeks after his passing on 2 July 1941. His funeral was attended by Rabbi Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik, Rabbi