Menachem Elon (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 land of Israel 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. Wikipedia
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