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Thursday, October 26, 2017
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Thursday, October 26, 2017
Who is Esther Hayut, Israel’s new chief justice?
A few biographical facts about Israel’s new Supreme Court chief justice, Esther Hayut:
Hayut is 63. Her husband David Hayut is an attorney. They have two boys.
Hayut is also the daughter of Holocaust survivors, who was born in a ma’abara, or transit camp for immigrants, in Herzliya.
She served as a singer in an IDF troupe.
She has been a judge for 27 years, and now begins a six-year term — until her mandatory retirement at age 70 — as only the third-ever woman to serve as Israel’s chief justice.
