Yehuda Cohen
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Yehuda Cohen (
Israeli Supreme Court
in 1982.
Biography
Yehuda Cohen was born in
Mandate Palestine to study law. Cohen enlisted in the British Army and continued to serve as a major in the Israel Defense Forces
.
Cohen served in the Jerusalem District Court from 1954, and became its president in 1980. In 1982, he was appointed to the
Israeli Supreme Court
, where he served until retirement.
Cohen was also active in public life, as chairman of HaMutzar HaYerushalmi organization for promotion of arts (1964–1993), vice president of Israeli chapter of
Bnei Brit (1968–1970) and chairman of the board of Ezrat Nashim (later Herzog) hospital (1968–1993).[1] In 1995 he was selected to head a national inquiry commission on the disappearance of children of Yemenite origin during the 1950s.[citation needed
]
Cohen died on 8 August 2009, aged 95. He was buried in Rishon LeZion.
See also
- Israeli judicial system
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