Marcus Solomon is an Australian jurist and rabbi who currently serves as a justice of the

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. He is the first

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rabbi to serve as a Supreme Court justice in Australia.

Biography

Solomon grew up in

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. His father Jeffrey was the president of Newcastle synagogue. While in high school, he was sent to attend Yeshivah College in

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for 11th and 12th grade. He then studied at the

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before moving to

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to study at the Tomchei Tmimim yeshiva in Kfar Chabad. He then went to

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to study at the Tomchei Tmimim yeshiva in

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, where he was ordained as a rabbi. After returning to Australia, he began teaching in a Jewish day school and studying at university, initially taking education, arts, philosophy, and politics classes before going to law school.Meet Australia’s Newest Supreme Court Justice, Rabbi Marcus Solomon
/ref> In 1991, Solomon graduated from the

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with First Class Honours. He worked as a solicitor and then a partner at two law firms before moving to the independent Bar. In 1993 he established the Beit Midrash of Western Australia. In 2013 he was appointed Senior Counsel. In August 2021 he became a justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia. He also maintains his position as the senior rabbi of the Dianella Shule.

References

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