Asher Dan Grunis ( he, אשר דן גרוניס; born January 17, 1945) was the President of the Supreme Court of Israel between 2012 and 2015. He was appointed to the position on February 28, 2012, after the retirement of Dorit Beinisch. He retired from the bench in January 2015 at the age of 70.

Biography

Asher Dan Grunis was born in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...

. He was named for his grandfather, the rabbi of Cardiff, Wales. Grunis served in the Israeli Army (1962–1965), earned an

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degree (1968) from the

Hebrew University The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

and was admitted to the

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in 1969. In 1972 he earned a Master of Law ( LL.M.) degree from the

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in the

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before being awarded a D.Jur. from

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in Canada. Grunis served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel from 2003 to January 2015.

Personal life

Grunis is married to Rina Meshel-Grunis, a former judge of the Tel-Aviv District Court. He has three daughters and two grandsons.

References

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