Asher Grunis
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Asher Dan Grunis ( ; born January 17, 1945) was the President of the
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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
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. He was named for his grandfather, Rav Asher Grunis (1877-1937), the rabbi of Cardiff, Wales. Grunis served in the Israeli Army (1962–1965), earned an LL.B. degree (1968) from the
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in
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and was admitted to the Israeli bar 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
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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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