Cohen-Mintz is tall, weighs 205 pounds, and is Jewish. His father was
Tanchum Cohen-Mintz, who played center for 16 seasons for Maccabi Tel Aviv, and his mother, Edith, was an Israeli tennis champion. He served three years in the
Israeli Defense Forces. He attended the
University of Connecticut. Cohen-Mintz played as a freshman for the
UConn Huskies in the 1994–95 season. Cohen-Mintz played in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played for 11 Israeli teams in 11 seasons:
Maccabi Tel Aviv,
Hapoel Gvat, Maccabi Jerusalem,
Ironi Ramat Gan, Bnei Herzelia,
Hapoel Jerusalem,
Ironi Ashkelon,
Hapoel Tel Aviv,
Hapoel Gilboa/Afula, and
Hapoel Afula. He competed for the
Israeli national basketball team in the
1992 European Championship for Men '22 and Under',
1992 European Championship for Junior Men,
1993 World Championship for Men '22 and Under',
1994 European Championship for Men '22 and Under',
1997 European Championship for Men,
1999 European Championship for Men,
2001 European Championship for Men, and
2005 EuroBasket. As of 2015, Cohen-Mintz was handling the business side of "Fine House," an events hall he ran in the northern
Jezreel Valley region in Israel with his wife, Nili, a chef. == References ==