Noam Sohlberg (born 22 January 1962, ) is an Israeli jurist who serves as a judge on the
Supreme Court of Israel
The Supreme Court (, ''Beit HaMishpat HaElyon''; ar, المحكمة العليا) is the Supreme court, highest court in Israel. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all other courts, and in some cases original jurisdiction.
The Supreme C ...
.
Early life
Sohlberg was born and raised in
Haifa
Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...
. His parents, Shaul and Yehudit Sohlberg, were Jewish immigrants from the
Netherlands
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. He attended a religious high school in Haifa, and studied at
Yeshivat Har Etzion
Yeshivat Har Etzion (YHE; ), commonly known in English as "Gush" and in Hebrew as "Yeshivat HaGush", is a hesder yeshiva located in Alon Shvut, an Israeli settlement in Gush Etzion. It is considered one of the leading institutions of advanced Tora ...
in
Alon Shvut
Alon Shvut ( he, אַלּוֹן שְׁבוּת) is an Israeli settlement located southwest of Jerusalem, one kilometer northeast of Kfar Etzion, in the West Bank. Established in June 1970 in the heart of the Etzion bloc, Alon Shvut became the ...
. He did his mandatory military service in the
Israeli Air Force
The Israeli Air Force (IAF; he, זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל, Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, tl, "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as , ''Kheil HaAvir'', "Air Corps") operates as the aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defense ...
, and completed his service with the rank of
Major
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.
Legal career
After his military service, Sohlberg studied law at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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 ...
, during which he served as a teaching and research assistant at the Hebrew University Faculty of Law and as counsel in the Israeli National Council for the Promotion of the Rule of Law and Democracy. He graduated with an
LLB
Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the China, People's Republic ...
in 1990, and completed a two-year internship in the civil law department in the State Attorney's Office,
Supreme Court
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, and
Attorney General
In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general or attorney-general (sometimes abbreviated AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. The plural is attorneys general.
In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have exec ...
's Office between 1990 and 1991. He was admitted to the
Israel Bar Association
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The Israel Bar Association is organized as a corporation, with a Central Committee, a National Assembly and five districts. Membership is mandatory for lawy ...
in 1991, and served as a legal assistant to Attorney General
Yosef Harish
Yosef Harish ( he, יוסף חריש 1923 – 6 November 2013) was an Israeli jurist who served as the country's Attorney General of Israel, Attorney General between 1986 and 1993.
Biography
Born in Jerusalem in 1923, Harish was educated ...
from 1991 to 1993, then as a prosecutor at the State Attorney's Office from 1993 to 1994, before serving as a senior legal assistant to Attorneys General
Michael Ben-Yair
Prof. Michael Ben-Yair ( he, מיכאל בן יאיר; born 1 September 1942) was raised in Sheikh Jarrah until 1948, is a former Attorney General of Israel, a position he held between 1993 and 1996, and former acting judge at the Supreme Court of ...
and
Elyakim Rubinstein
Elyakim Rubinstein ( he, אליקים רובינשטיין, born June 13, 1947) is a former Vice President of the Supreme Court of Israel. Beforehand, he served as the Attorney General of Israel from 1997 to 2004. Rubinstein, a former Israeli dipl ...
between 1994 and 1998. He was also a lecturer at the
Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University (BIU, he, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic i ...
Faculty of Law from 1996 to 1999.
In 1998, he completed an
LLM
A Master of Laws (M.L. or LL.M.; Latin: ' or ') is an advanced postgraduate academic degree, pursued by those either holding an undergraduate academic law degree, a professional law degree, or an undergraduate degree in a related subject. In mos ...
at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and was appointed a judge on the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court. He became a judge on the Jerusalem District Court in 2005, and was appointed a judge on the Supreme Court in 2012. He began serving on the Supreme Court on 21 February 2012. According to the Supreme Court's seniority system, he is expected to serve as President of the Supreme Court from 2028 to 2032.
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Personal life
Sohlberg lives in Alon Shvut
Alon Shvut ( he, אַלּוֹן שְׁבוּת) is an Israeli settlement located southwest of Jerusalem, one kilometer northeast of Kfar Etzion, in the West Bank. Established in June 1970 in the heart of the Etzion bloc, Alon Shvut became the ...
, an Israeli settlement
Israeli settlements, or Israeli colonies, are civilian communities inhabited by Israeli citizens, overwhelmingly of Jewish ethnicity, built on lands occupied by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. The international community considers Israeli se ...
in the West Bank
The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...
. He is married to Meira, with whom he had five daughters. His daughter Hadas suffered from Rett syndrome
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a genetic disorder that typically becomes apparent after 6–18 months of age and almost exclusively in females. Symptoms include impairments in language and coordination, and repetitive movements. Those affected often h ...
, and died in 2018 at age 33.
References
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1962 births
Living people
Israeli Orthodox Jews
Judges of the Supreme Court of Israel
Israeli people of Dutch-Jewish descent
Yeshivat Har Etzion