{{short description|Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel}} thumb|Neal Hendel '''Neal Hendel''' ({{Langx|he|נִיל הֵנְדֵל}}; born 27 April 1952) is an American-born Israeli judge. He was the Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Israel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bob |first=Yonah Jeremy |date=October 17, 2022 |title=Neal Hendel: A US oleh who rose to the top of Israel's judicial system |url=https://www.jpost.com/aliyah/article-719810 |website=The Jerusalem Post}}</ref> ==Biography== Neal Hendel was born in the United States. He attended high school at the Yeshivah of Flatbush. After graduating in 1969, he attended New York University and graduated in 1973 with a BA in sociology and Jewish studies. He studied Talmud at Yeshiva University with Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. He then studied law at Hofstra University School of Law, and completed his J.D. degree in 1976. In 1983, Hendel made aliyah to Israel, and settled in Beersheba. His wife, Marcie, is a psychologist. The couple has five sons.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cashman |first=Greer Fay |date=October 14, 2009 |title=US-born judge appointed to the Supreme Court |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel/us-born-judge-appointed-to-the-supreme-court |website=The Jerusalem Post}}</ref>
==Legal career== After his admission to the New York State Bar Association, he worked in the Legal Aid Office and in private practice.<ref>http://law.hofstra.edu/alumni/benefits/insight/archive/2010/01/feature1/ {{dead link|date=August 2021}}</ref>
From 1983 to 1988, he worked in the southern district prosecutor's office. In 1988, he became a judge on the Beersheba Magistrate's Court, a position he held until 1997.<ref name=Israel>{{cite web|title = Neal Hendel|url = http://elyon1.court.gov.il/heb/cv/fe_html_out/judges/k_hayim/46610954.htm|publisher = Israeli Judicial Authority|accessdate = 24 August 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121011095714/http://elyon1.court.gov.il/heb/cv/fe_html_out/judges/k_hayim/46610954.htm|archive-date = 11 October 2012|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Gil Ronen |title= Yeshiva of Flatbush High School graduate appointed to Israel's Supreme Court |url= http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/133053|date= 24 August 2009 |publisher= Israel National News|accessdate=24 August 2009}}</ref> In 1997, he became a judge on the Beersheba District Court, eventually becoming its Vice-President.<ref name=Israel/> In 2009, he was appointed to serve on the Supreme Court by the Judicial Selection Committee.
He was appointed to director of Central Elections Committee (Israel) for the 23rd Knesset on 8 December 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/supreme-court-judge-neal-hendel-said-to-agree-to-head-central-election-committee/|title=Supreme Court judge Neal Hendel chosen to head Central Election Committee|work=The Times of Israel|date=8 December 2019|accessdate=18 December 2019|author=Staff writer}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20121011095714/http://elyon1.court.gov.il/heb/cv/fe_html_out/judges/k_hayim/46610954.htm official profile on court site] {{in lang|he}} * [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/133053 Profile/Article and Photo] {{in lang|en}} {{Current Supreme Court of Israel}}
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