Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whānau a Cohen ki Brooklyn, i New York, ā, he Hurai ia. I whakataetae tana teina a Herb Cohen i te
1961 Maccabiah Games in Israel, i toa i te NCAA foil championship i te tau 1961-62, i wini i te mētara parahi i roto i te mētara takitahi me te mētara koura me te roopu mētara US i nga Taakaro Pan American 1963, ko te Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA) toa mētara i te 1964, me te taiapa takitahi me te roopu mo te United States i nga Orimipia Raumati 1964.