Wikipedia's first sentence called it “first openly-gay judge in israel”. Today it says “israeli attorney”.
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Dori Spivak ( , born 19 December 1968) is the first openly-gay judge in Israel.1Prior to becoming a judge, he was an activist in the Israeli LGBT community, and served as the chairperson of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel , and the deputy director of Tel Aviv University Buchmann Faculty of Law 's legal clinics , legal advisor to the Israeli Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Association , and was involved with the Adva Center . Jewish Chronicle : "'Happy occasion' as Israel names first gay judge ," February 21, 2011 , accessed February 23, 2011 "Bio of Attorney Dori Spivak" .2
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He is the first openly gay judge there.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
He is the first openly gay judge there.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Israeli attorney (born 1968) Dori Spivak Dori Spivak ( Hebrew : דורי ספיבק ; born 19 December 1968) is an Israeli attorney. He is the first openly gay judge there.
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first openly-gay judge in israel
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israeli attorney
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