# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/menachem-elon
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:57:59.643Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/menachem-elon"
name: "Menachem Elon"
slug: "menachem-elon"
description: "Menachem Elon was an Israeli jurist and Professor of Law specializing in traditional Jewish Law, an Orthodox rabbi, and a prolific author on traditional Jewish law (Halakha). He was the head of the Jewish Law Institute of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He lost the 1983 Israeli Presidential Election to Chaim Herzog."
tagline: "Israeli High Court judge (1923–2013)"
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birthDate: "1923-11-01"
deathDate: "2013-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump