Judges

Jewish Pennsylvania judge leaves Democratic Party citing ‘disturbingly common’ antisemitism

Judge David Wecht said in a statement that he believed antisemitism has moved from the fringe of the Democratic Party to the mainstream.

David Wecht campaigning for Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2015.
Judea and Samaria military court judge Uriel Dreyfus

A century since Dreyfus's wrongful conviction, a family member is promoted in the IDF

Minister of Justice Yariv Levin attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, November 19, 2025.

High Court gives Levin until Thursday to say when he will convene Judicial Selection Committee

Israeli attorney general Gali Baharav Miara at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem

A-G: Levin’s partial plan to convene judge selection panel does not end High Court case


Grapevine: Jerusalem justice

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 An aerial view of Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Mount Scopus campus.

Leaving a legacy: Judge Varda Wirth Livne retires as president of National Labor Court

The occasion was marked by a ceremony attended by other justices, as well as a speech by Chief Justice Isaac Amit.

 Retirement of Judge Varda Wirth Livne

Judge who blocked Palestinian activist's deportation is an observant Jew

One more Jewish voice said Khalil should not be deported: Judge Jesse Furman of the Southern District of New York.

 Judge Jesse Furman, pictured in 2018.

Levin-Sa’ar compromise politicizes judicial selection process, A-G says

A-G warns that the proposed judicial selection reform prioritizes politics over professionalism, risking judicial independence and altering the balance of Israel’s legal system.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (L) and Justice Minister Yariv Levin (R) at the Supreme Court (illustrative)

Netanyahu trial testimony to be limited to 14 more hearings

The defense estimates that it needs 33-35 total testimonies, with Monday only being the twelfth hearing since Netanyahu first took the stand in December.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the courtroom at the Distrcit court in Tel Aviv, before the start of his testimony in the trial against him, February 19, 2025.

Knesset bill increases government control over judicial ombudsman appointment

How will the government’s proposal politicize the judicial watchdog appointment?

A court hearing on the government's drafting of yeshiva students for the IDF, at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem on June 2, 2024

Yossi Avni-Levy wins Sapir Prize for Literature

Avni-Levy will receive NIS 180,000 ($50,000) and his novel will be translated into Arabic and another language of his choosing, broadening its reach and fostering cross-cultural dialogue.

 FROM LEFT, winner of the 2024 Sapir Prize, Yossi Avni-Levy, Mifal Hapais chairman Avigdor Itzhaky, former president of the Supreme Court Esther Hayut, Mifal Hapais CEO Benjamin Dreyfus. and winner of the 2024 Sapir Prize for a debut book, Ayal Hayut-Man.

Dan Meridor: Levin-Sa’ar proposal will politicize High Court appointments

The new proposal also includes a mechanism to prevent a stalemate in high court appointments.

 Former Minister of Justice Dan Meridor speaks during a protest against the proposed changes to the legal system, outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, January 27, 2023.

Appointing Isaac Amit risks further eroding trust in Israel’s judiciary - editorial

To appoint Amit, as brilliant a jurist as he might be, to lead the country’s highest court under a cloud of unresolved conflict-of-interest allegations is counter-productive.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog receives the official election results from Supreme Court Justice Isaac Amit, chairman of the Central Elections Committee, on Wednesday.

Fear for his life: Did Khamenei wear a bulletproof vest at funeral of assassinated judges? - report

Two days after the murder, Iran still doesn't know the motive of the assassinations, sparking rumors of civil unrest.

 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prays over the bodies of two assassinated Supreme Court Judges, Mohammad Moghiseh and Ali Razini in Tehran, Iran, January 19, 2025.