Menachem Elon

1923 - 2013

country of citizenship: Israel

languages spoken, written or signed: Hebrew

educated at: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hebron Yeshiva, School of Law and Economics (Tel Aviv)

occupation: legal counselor, university teacher, judge, rabbi, pedagogue, lawyer, advocate, legal scholar, jurist

award received: Israel Prize, Knight of Quality Government Badge, National Jewish Book Awards, Katz Award, Tzeltner Prize, Jerusalem Prize

position held: Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel, Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Israel

Menachem Elon (Hebrew: ) (November 1, 1923 – February 6, 2013) was an Israeli jurist and Professor of Law specializing in Mishpat Ivri, an Orthodox rabbi, and a prolific author on traditional Jewish law (Halakha). He was the head of the Jewish Law Institute of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Elon served as a justice of the Israeli Supreme Court from 1977–1993, and as its Deputy President from 1988–1993. In 1983, he was a candidate for the President of the State of Israel. Source: Wikipedia (en)