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Judge Miriam Ben Porat has become the first woman to serve on Israel’s Supreme Court. President Ephraim Katzir appointed her and Judge Shimshon Asher to the highest judicial body to succeed retired Justices Dr. Shimon Agranat and Zvi Berinson. Mrs. Ben Porat was born in Russia, and immigrated in 1936. She worked in the Justice […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315