Menachem Elon

Menachem Elon ( Hebrew : מנחם אלון) (born 1923), an Israeli jurist, who served as a justice on the Israeli Supreme Court (1977-1993) and its Deputy President (1988-1993). Elon's family immigrated to the Palestine in 1935 from Germany due to the rise of Nazism . He studied Halakha (traditional Jewish law) in the Hebron Yeshiva . He received his law degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , where he was appointed to teach and as a professor. He also served as a visiting professor at Harvard University 's law school and at New York University School of Law. A prolific author on traditional Jewish law (Halakha), Menachem Elon served as an Israeli Supreme Court Justice and his opinions often draw upon the principles of Jewish law. His judicial decisions include the prohibition to register the character of non-Orthodox conversions on Israeli identity cards and the return of a girl who had been transferred for adoption without her parent's consent. He played a pivotal role in the Mishpat Ivri (Hebrew Law) movement. Among his many works, he authored the foundation work (cited below) on Hebrew law for academic use and the training of Israeli law students. In 1979, Elon was awarded the Israel Prize , for Hebrew law. Supported by the right-wing Likud party, Elon was nearly selected as President of the State of Israel, losing in a close vote (61-57) to Chaim Herzog in 1983. Elon's five children include a judge; a teacher; Binyamin Elon , a member of Knesset and former cabinet minister; and Rabbi Mordechai Elon , the former head of the Yeshivat HaKotel yeshiva.

Menachem Elon ( ) (November 1, 1923 – February 6, 2013) was an Israeli jurist and Professor of Law specializing in Mishpat Ivri , Orthodox rabbi, and a prolific author on traditional Jewish law ( halakha ). He has been the head of the Jewish Law Institute of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . Elon served as a justice on 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 . Candidates for President of Israel in 1983 : Prof. Menachem Elon (coalition) and MK Chaim Herzog (opposition) in Beit HaNassi in Jerusalem Menachem Elon (sitting third from left) With Supreme Court Justices on the roof of the old Israeli Supreme Court building in the Russian Compound in Jerusalem (1992) Professor Menachem Elon, Lecturing in the New York University Judge Elon and Judge Shamgar "Jerusalem Covenant" written by Elon in 1992

Menachem Elon ( ) (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 . Candidates for President of Israel in 1983 : Prof. Menachem Elon (coalition) and MK Chaim Herzog (opposition) in Beit HaNassi in Jerusalem Menachem Elon (sitting third from left) With Supreme Court Justices on the roof of the old Israeli Supreme Court building in the Russian Compound in Jerusalem (1992) Professor Menachem Elon, Lecturing in the New York University Judge Elon and Judge Shamgar "Jerusalem Covenant" written by Elon in 1992

Israeli High Court judge Menachem Elon ( ) (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 . Candidates for President of Israel in 1983 : Prof. Menachem Elon (coalition) and MK Chaim Herzog (opposition) in Beit HaNassi in Jerusalem Menachem Elon (sitting third from left) With Supreme Court Justices on the roof of the old Israeli Supreme Court building in the Russian Compound in Jerusalem (1992) Professor Menachem Elon, Lecturing in the New York University Judge Elon and Judge Shamgar "Jerusalem Covenant" written by Elon in 1992

Israeli High Court judge Menachem Elon ( Hebrew : מנחם אלון ; pronunciation ; November 1, 1923 – February 6, 2013) was an Israeli jurist and Professor of Law specializing in traditional Jewish Law , 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. Candidates for President of Israel in 1983 : Prof. Menachem Elon (coalition) and MK Chaim Herzog (opposition) in Beit HaNassi in Jerusalem Menachem Elon (sitting third from left) With Supreme Court Justices on the roof of the old Israeli Supreme Court building in the Russian Compound in Jerusalem (1992) Professor Menachem Elon, Lecturing in the New York University Judge Elon and Judge Shamgar "Jerusalem Covenant" written by Elon in 1992