Dov Levin
Dov Levin (December 1, 1925 – June 27[1] or 28,[2] 2001) was an Israeli jurist in the Supreme Court justice in 1982–1995.[2] He served, most notably as one of the judges in the trial of John Demjanjuk.
Biography
Dov Levin was born in Tel Aviv to Eliyahu and Dvora Levin,[1] His father was born in Russia and immigrated to Palestine with his family as a child, and his mother was born in Palestine to a family of rabbis and scholars, descendants of the Vilna Gaon and residents of Palestine since the mid-19th century.
Levin joined the Irgun while at the same time working at the British Mandate police headquarters.[2] He also went to law school, and continued studying law upon his return to Tel Aviv in 1945.[1] During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War he served in the Israel Defense Forces as an officer in the Alexandroni Brigade's 35th Battalion. In the reserves, he served in the Adjutant Corps.[1]
Levin had two sons, Eliyahu and Assaf, both of them lawyers.[1] He was also the uncle of poet and translator Amasai Levin.
Legal career
In 1951 Dov Levin joined the Israel Bar Association. In September 1966, he became a judge.[2] He also served in that capacity in the Military Court of Appeals as part of his reserve service.[1] Levin presided as a judge in the Tel Aviv magistrate court until May 1972, when he was promoted to the district court. In 1979 he became vice-president of the court. In March 1981, he became a provisional Supreme Court justice and was given a permanent tenure on February 15, 1982.[1] In 1988, he presided over a special court that judged John Demjanjuk and in the same year was responsible for disqualifying the Kach party from running for the Knesset.[2]
Levin was head of the National Council for Prevention of Road Accidents and the Israel Football Association refereeing departments. After retiring from the bench in 1995, he became an arbitrator.[1]
Awards and recognition
In 1997, Levin received the Yakir Tel Aviv prize.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Levin Dov" (in Hebrew). News1. July 7, 2001. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
- ^ a b c d e "Dov Levin; Israeli Judge Disqualified Kahane's Kach Party". Los Angeles Times. July 2, 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
- ^ "Yekirei HaIr from Previous Years" (PDF) (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv Municipality. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
