An Israeli kibbutz has changed its name to honor the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in a week-long tribute to the Jewish American judge.
Kibbutz Ramat Hashofet, or The Judge's Heights, is named after Julian Mack, an early 20th-century Jewish American judge. The kibbutz in northern Israel said this week it was temporarily tweaking its name to Ramat Hashofetet. Hebrew is a gendered language and the change turns the word judge female.
Ginsburg died Friday at age 87.
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The kibbutz' Facebook page was adorned with a banner of its new name beneath a picture of Ginsburg. "We salute Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg 1933-2020 and are changing the kibbutz' name for just a week," the picture read.
Elad Tesler, a kibbutz member, wrote on Facebook that the idea came from kibbutz dwellers who were honoring "an American Supreme Court justice, a Jew, a champion of human rights in general and of women's rights specifically. An inspiring, brave woman."
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