Jacob Turkel
Jacob Turkel | |
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יעקב טירקל | |
Born | |
Died | 29 May 2023 Tel Aviv, Israel | (aged 88)
Nationality | Israeli |
Other names | Yaakov |
Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Known for | Former Supreme Court of Israel Justice |
Jacob Turkel (Hebrew: יעקב טירקל; 24 March 1935 – 29 May 2023) was an Israeli judge who was a Supreme Court of Israel Justice.[1] Turkel served as a judge for 38 years, a decade of that time on the Israeli Supreme Court.[2] In June 2010, he was appointed to head the Israeli special independent Turkel Commission of Inquiry into the Gaza flotilla raid.[3]
Biography
Turkel was born in Tel Aviv in 1935 to a family that had immigrated from Vienna. When he was five the family moved to Jerusalem, where Turkel attended Ma'aleh, a state religious school. Turkel studied law at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, graduating from its law school in 1960.[4][5][6]
Turkel died in Tel Aviv on 29 May 2023, at age 88.[7]
Judicial career
From 1967 onwards, Turkel served on various courts, including the Shalom Court, as a Regional Court judge.[5] From 1980 to 1995 he served as president of the Beersheba District Court (during which time he took two years off to serve as an acting Supreme Court justice).[4][5]
Turkel served as an Israeli Supreme Court Justice from 1995 until 2005.[5]
In August 2000 he wrote in an opinion that by filling in gaps of missing text in a 2,000-year-old
In June 2004, he issued a
Turkel was known during his tenure on the Supreme Court for writing a relatively large number of dissenting opinions, compared to his fellow Justices.[12] This accorded with the Supreme Court opinion in which he wrote about the right of the individual to "shout out [his own] truth", and the article he wrote in Mehkarei Mishpat (Bar-Ilan University Law Review) in which he said: "The stand of the individual against an 'overwhelming majority' is not a negligible matter."[12]
Academic career
Turkel taught at
Public commissions
Turkel headed a public commission that was set up in 1999 to reform Israel's inheritance law.[13] The commission proposed in 2006 that the law's definition of a couple be altered from "husband and wife", so that it would apply to both gay and heterosexual couples.[1][13][14] He also served as a member of the Committee of Judicial Appointments.[2]
In June 2010, he was appointed by
Other roles
Turkel served as chairman of the Award Committee that administers the EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture.[16][17]
See also
References
- ^ a b Haaretz Editorial (8 June 2010). "Impinging on Gay Rights". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ^ a b "מוזיאון הטבע ע"ש שטיינהרדט" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
- ^ a b c "Cabinet asked to approve independent public commission". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 13 June 2010. Archived from the original on 22 June 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
- ^ a b Izenberg, Dan (23 March 2005). "High Court Justice Turkel retires today". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
- ^ a b c d Zarchin, Tomer (8 June 2010). "Probe head has conservative record, but no inquiry experience". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 17 November 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ^ a b "The new Holocaust History Museum at Yad Vashem". Yad Vashem. Archived from the original on 16 November 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ^ "הלך לעולמו שופט העליון לשעבר יעקב טירקל, שעמד בראש ועדת המשט לעזה". Ynet. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ Greenberg, Joel (31 August 2000). "Israeli Court Upholds Scholar's Rights to Dead Sea Scrolls Work". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ^ "Israeli orchestra breaks Wagner taboo". BBC News. 27 October 2000. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ^ Izenberg, Dan (27 October 2000). "Supreme Court allows Wagner concert". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ^ "Who's who on Israel's committee on the Gaza flotilla raid". Haaretz. 8 June 2010. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ^ a b Ze'ev Segal. "Solo voice on the High Court". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
- ^ a b Yoaz, Yuval (8 June 2010). "Gay rights groups: Justice minister is setting us back 30 years". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ^ Yoaz, Yuval (8 June 2010). "AG: State to back gays on property rights". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- Yedioth Ahronot, 13 June 2010
- ^ "Ceremony in honor of Feodor Mikhailichenko – the Rescuer of Rabbi Israel Meir Lau in Buchenwald". Yad Vashem. Archived from the original on 30 March 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
- ^ Rosenbaum, Alan (7 February 2020). "EMET Prize Committee Issues Call for 2020 Prize Nominees". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.