# Neal Hendel

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'''Neal Hendel''' ({{Langx|he|נִיל הֵנְדֵל}}; born 27 April 1952) is an American-born [Israel](/source/Israel)i [judge](/source/judge). He was the Deputy President of the [Supreme Court of Israel](/source/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](/source/United_States). He attended high school at the [Yeshivah of Flatbush](/source/Yeshivah_of_Flatbush). After graduating in 1969, he attended [New York University](/source/New_York_University) and graduated in 1973 with a [BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) in [sociology](/source/sociology) and [Jewish studies](/source/Jewish_studies). He studied [Talmud](/source/Talmud) at [Yeshiva University](/source/Yeshiva_University) with Rabbi [Joseph B. Soloveitchik](/source/Joseph_B._Soloveitchik). He then studied law at [Hofstra University School of Law](/source/Hofstra_University_School_of_Law), and completed his [J.D.](/source/Juris_Doctor) degree in 1976. 
In 1983, Hendel made [aliyah](/source/aliyah) to [Israel](/source/Israel), and settled in [Beersheba](/source/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](/source/New_York_State_Bar_Association), he worked in the [Legal Aid](/source/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](/source/Judicial_system_of_Israel), 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](/source/Israeli_judicial_system), eventually becoming its Vice-President.<ref name=Israel/> In 2009, he was appointed to serve on the Supreme Court by the [Judicial Selection Committee](/source/Judicial_Selection_Committee_(Israel)).

He was appointed to director of [Central Elections Committee (Israel)](/source/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](/source/The_Times_of_Israel)|date=8 December 2019|accessdate=18 December 2019|author=[Staff writer](/source/Staff_writer)}}</ref> 

==References==
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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}}
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