Former president of Israel's Supreme Court, Justice (ret.) Miriam Naor, passed away Monday at age 74.
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Naor was appointed head of the committee charged with probing the Mount Meron stampede last autumn. The committee met only Sunday.
Naor was born on Oct. 26, 1947 in Jerusalem. She attended high school in the city and performed her IDF service as a teacher in Kiryat Gat. She was discharged in 1967, after which she began studying law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
After an internship with former Supreme Court Justice Moshe Landau, Naor began a career in the State Attorney's Office, where she specialized in petitions to the High Court of Justice. She was later appointed deputy State Attorney while teaching law at Hebrew University.
Naor was first appointed to the bench at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court in 1980. In 1989 she was promoted to district court judge, and was a member of the panel of judges that convicted Shas leader Arye Deri on criminal charges.
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