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Menachem Zivotofsky

Menachem Zivotofsky (L) is handed the first US passport to have 'Israel' labeled as a place of birth by US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman on October 30, 2020. (US Embassy in Jerusalem)
October 30, 2020, 5:53 pm
US gives first passport with ‘Israel’ birthplace to Jerusalem-born teen
Ambassador hands document to Menachem Zivotofsky, whose family mounted unsuccessful Supreme Court challenge to rule, now superseded, that only let him put birthplace as ‘Jerusalem’
By Jacob Magid
Deputy Defense Minister Eli Ben-Dahan. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
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By Marissa Newman
Ari Zivotofsky (right), stands with his nine-year-old son, Menachem, outside the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, November 7, 2011. (photo credit: AP/Evan Vucci, File)
June 9, 2015, 2:43 am
US Jewish groups slam administration’s ‘hypocritical’ view on Jerusalem
ADL, AJC, Conference of Presidents express disappointment, concern over ruling barring Jerusalem-born US citizens from citing Jewish state on passport
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
File: Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, February 23, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 8, 2015, 9:40 pm
Jerusalem mayor urges Obama to recognize Israel’s capital
Foreign Ministry refuses to comment after US Supreme Court strikes down law allowing Americans born in Jerusalem to list Israel as birthplace
By Marissa Newman and AP
Menachem Zivotofsky, left, and his father Ari posing in front of the Supreme Court with their attorney Alyza Lewin and Lewin’s father Nathan, November 3, 2014 (Rikki Gordon Lewin)
June 8, 2015, 5:31 pm
US Supreme Court: Jerusalem-born Americans can’t list Israel as birthplace
In landmark ruling backing president’s stance, legal body strikes down law permitting US citizens to cite Jewish state on passport
By Mark Sherman
Menachem Zivotofsky, left, and his father Ari posing in front of the Supreme Court with their attorney Alyza Lewin and Lewin’s father Nathan, November 3, 2014 (Rikki Gordon Lewin)
November 25, 2014, 10:27 pm
A US Supreme Court passport battle, courtesy of a lifelong friendship
Ari Zivotofsky might have never launched 12-year case that could change Washington’s policy on Jerusalem had a lawyer friend not gotten interested in the ‘arbitrary and anti-Israel’ rule
By Jessica Steinberg
Menachem Zivotofsky, left, and his father Ari posing in front of the Supreme Court with their attorney Alyza Lewin and Lewin’s father Nathan, November 3, 2014 (Rikki Gordon Lewin)
November 5, 2014, 4:41 am
In Jerusalem passport case, congressional role in foreign policy questioned
Lawyers of 12-year-old Menachem Zivotofsky want Supreme Court hearing to focus on their request, but justices see larger issues at stake
By Ron Kampeas
Ari Zivotofsky (right), stands with his nine-year-old son, Menachem, outside the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, November 7, 2011. (photo credit: AP/Evan Vucci, File)
November 2, 2014, 7:28 pm
Landmark Jerusalem passport case gets day in US Supreme Court
The official birth country of Jerusalem-born Menachem Zivotofsky to be argued Monday
By Jessica Steinberg
Solon Solomon
April 29, 2014, 4:32 pm
Solon Solomon
Passport to Jerusalem
On Zivotofsky: The court must agree to listing Israel as the country of birth for Americans born in Jerusalem
Illustrative picture of a US passport (photo credit: PD US Army, by BotMultichillT, Wikimedia Commons)
July 23, 2013, 8:50 pm
US appeals court: Americans born in Jerusalem not from ‘Israel’
DC bench upholds decision to leave country field blank for US citizens born in the capital
By JTA and ToI Staff
March 9, 2013, 5:03 am
Appeals court to reconsider Jerusalem passport case
Jewish groups press courts to hear petition of man determined to list country of birth as Israel
August 2, 2012, 11:59 am
Members of Congress file brief to support Jerusalem passport case
Nine-year-old Menachem Zivotofsky’s case expected to be argued in November or December
File: An Israeli passport (photo credit: Flash90)
March 26, 2012, 5:27 pm
Judges will decide if Jerusalem is in Israel
In 8-1 decision, US Supreme Court determines that the judiciary can decide in Israeli passport debate
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