Aharon Farkash

Courtesy of a private collection, by official authorization

• Judge (Ret.) Farkash was born in 1953 in Romania.
• He immigrated to Israel in 1958. 
• In 1971 he completed his studies at the "Yad Binyamin" vocational high school yeshiva.
• In 1971-1977 he served in the IDF. During his military service he was injured and has since been paralyzed in his lower body.
• In 1984 he completed his law studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
• In 1983-1984 he interned at the Supreme Court with the Honorable Justice Shoshana Netanyahu.
• In 1985-1984 he interned at the State Attorney's Office with the Director of the Civil Department, Adv. Pelia Albeck.
• In 1985 he was admitted to the Israeli Bar.
• In 1985-1997 he worked as an independent attorney.
• In 1986-1997 he served voluntarily as legal advisor to the IDF Disabled Veterans Organization in Jerusalem, and as chairman of the Committee for Accessibility for the umbrella organization for the disabled in Jerusalem as well as an external consultant to the Jerusalem Municipality on the issue of accessibility of public buildings for the disabled in Jerusalem.
• In March 1997, he was appointed as a judge of the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court.
• In September 2004, he was appointed as a judge of the Jerusalem District Court.
• In April 2012, he was appointed as Vice President of the Jerusalem District Court.
• In January 2016, he was appointed as Acting President of the Jerusalem District Court.
• In November 2016, he was appointed as President of the Jerusalem District Court.
• Since January 2023, he has served as a senior judge of the Jerusalem District Court.
• On September 12, 2023, he retired.

The biographical information is based on the website of the Judiciary and is published with its authorization.

• In September 2024, he was appointed as a judge to the Zionist Supreme Court of the World Zionist Organization.