Menachem Elon
Menachem Elon 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. He lost the 1983 Israeli Presidential Election to Chaim Herzog.
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- Born in
- Düsseldorf
- Educated at
- Hebron YeshivaHebrew University of JerusalemSchool of Law and Economics (Tel Aviv)
- Awards
- 🏆 Jerusalem Prize🏆 Israel Prize🏆 Yakir Yerushalayim🏆 Katz Award🏆 Tzeltner Prize
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Dov Frimer
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1923
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