Menachem Elon

Menachem Elon
מנחם אלון
Menachem Elon in 1983
Supreme Court of Israel judge
In office
1977–1993
Personal details
Born(1923-11-01)November 1, 1923
Düsseldorf, Germany
DiedFebruary 6, 2013(2013-02-06) (aged 89)
Jerusalem, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
SpouseRuth Elon (Buchsbaum)
Relatives
Alma mater
OccupationJurist
Awards
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Menachem Elon (Hebrewמנחם אלון) (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