1. Miriam Naor was an Israeli judge who was President of the Supreme Court of Israel from January 2015 to October 2017.
10 Facts About Miriam Naor
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Miriam Naor hailed from a family rooted in the Revisionist Zionist tradition.
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Miriam Naor studied nursing at the Hadassah School of Nursing in Jerusalem.
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Miriam Naor graduated from the Hebrew University's law school in 1971.
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Miriam Naor clerked for Supreme Court justice Moshe Landau.
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Miriam Naor worked on constitutional issues in the State Attorney's Office under Mishael Cheshin, who would later be appointed Deputy Chief Justice.
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In May 1989, Miriam Naor was appointed to the Jerusalem District Court.
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Miriam Naor became a permanent justice on the Supreme Court in 2003.
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Miriam Naor spent 38 years on the bench, 17 of them on the Supreme Court.
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Miriam Naor's final act was ratifying the verdict allowing Tel Aviv supermarkets and recreation centers to remain open on Shabbat.