Jacob Weinroth (; August 2, 1947 – October 16, 2018) was an Israeli attorney who specialized in litigation and was the founding partner of Dr. J. Weinroth & Co. Law Office.

Biography

Jacob Weinroth was born in a

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. His parents were

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who had escaped to the

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during

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. His family moved to Israel in 1949 and settled in

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. He studied at Rav Amiel

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"New Yishuv" in

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and later at the Ponevezh Yeshiva in

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followed by the Mir Yeshiva in

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. He was ordained as a

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by Rabbi Shmuel Rozovski, Rabbi Dovid Povarsky and the Head Rabbi of Jerusalem Rabbi

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. He did his regular service in the

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in the infantry, and later did reserve duty in the Military Advocate General’s Corps. Weinroth studied law at

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. He received a BA with honors in 1972, an MA with honors in 1974, and a

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in 1981. His

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, titled "The Law of the Rebellious Wife", dealt with ways to force husbands to

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their wives that will be valid according to Jewish

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, which is the state law in Israel on matrimonial matters. His thesis included a bill proposal later passed as a law in the

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: Rabbinical courts law (enforcing court orders for divorce) 1995. The law, which was approved by leading Rabbis, improved the situations of women in divorce processes and is still called the "Weinroth law". The doctoral thesis is based on an argument presented by Weinroth in the upper Rabbinical court of appeals. Weinroth lived in

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and was married to Belgium-born Giselle. He was the father of six children. His brother, Dr. Avraham Weinroth, is a senior partner in the firm. Two of his sons also work in the firm. Weinroth died of cancer on October 16, 2018, at age 71. He had developed cancer the previous year but continued working almost to his last day.

Legal career

In 1972, Weinroth established the firm Dr. J. Weinroth & Co. Law Office and remained an active partner until his death. He served as a

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in the Tel Aviv University

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from 1974 to his death in 2018. Also served as a lecturer at the Tel Aviv University

Philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

School. Weinroth specializes in

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and

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and was considered as one of Israel's leading litigators. He represented many high-profile personalities in the political arena, including

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in the "Bar-On

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" and the "Amedi" cases and former Israeli Chief of Staff Major General.

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, former

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, former President

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, and others. He is famous for taking on cases without political prejudice. He represented Margalit Har Shefi (an acquaintance of Yizhak Rabin's killer

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) in the

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and was one of the lawyers that represented the

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in 1984–1985. On the other side of the political spectrum, he represented former Minister

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, and Knesset member

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. In 1991, Weinroth was approached about possibly serving as a judge on the Supreme Court but turned down the offer. He was a member of the

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, which dealt with the military draft of

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, and the Ivry Commission on the civil service. On 31 December 2009, he was indicted for

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and

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. He was tried in the Tel Aviv District Court. On 31 October 2011, the court cleared him of all charges. Weinroth was a member of the defense team of Israeli Foreign Minister

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, who was tried for corruption and acquitted in November 2013.Israel legal saga ends as Avigdor Lieberman acquitted
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Published works

*Company Liquidation in Israel with Judge S. Luvenberg o.b.m., 1978.

References

External links

Jacob Weinroth, Human limitations – Man, Rule and Chance (Hebrew)Gidi Weiss, Dr J. Weinroth: Corruption and Wealth are Political Rule, appeared in Haaretz April 30th, 2008Yair Shapira, The Legal Battle of his Life, appeared in Besheva, January 28th, 2010
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Biography

Legal career

Published works

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