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An Insider's View
Of An Israeli Judge
ELANA SHAP
Special to The Jewish News
I
f Stephen Adler had taken
the advice of his absorp-
tion center's employment
counselor when he arrived in
Israel back in 1968, he would
have dropped any dreams he
had of opening a law practice,
and retrained as a policeman.
Fortunately, Mr. Adler, 50,
did not. Today he is a judge
with "Deputy President of
the National Labor Court"
stamped on his office door in
the court's scenically situated
Jerusalem building.
Mr. Adler does admit,
however, to "having been in
the right place at the right
time." His cycle of good for-
tune began a week after ar-
riving in Israel for a year
with his wife Ruth and their
baby. On their first Shabbat
in Jerusalem, a fellow dinner
guest was the then State
Comptroller Dr. Itzhak Ernst
Nebenzahl who offered the
young Columbia Law School
graduate an associate
position.
Seven months later, Mr.
Adler was spotted by the
State Attorney, Judge Zvi
Bar-Niv, who, upon discover-
ing that Mr. Adler had a post-
graduate specialization in
labor relations from Cornell
University, offered him the
newly created position of
researcher in the publications
department of the Labor
Court. "In fact," Mr. Adler
emphasizes, "separate labor
courts in Israel were only
established in 1969, making
my qualifications and ex-
perience at the National
Labor Relations Board in
Washington and Los Angeles
an enormous asset."
Mr. Adler went on to do his
articles at the Labor Court
and was then admitted to the
Israeli Bar. In 1975, at the
age of 34, he applied to be a
judge. A panel of Bar, Knesset
and Ministry of Justice
members approved his ap-
pointment and he began ser-
ving as head of the Tel Aviv
Trial Court and judge at the
National Court, eventually
rising to the position he holds
today. He is one of only three
former Americans to be ap-
pointed a judge in Israel.
Stephen Adler firmly
believes that lawyers from
abroad should be able to
adapt to the Israeli legal
system relatively painlessly.
"Israeli law does after all
have its roots in an Anglo-
Saxon legal system derived
from pre-1948 British Man-
dated Palestine," he points
out. Mr. Adler's unassuming
manner, however, casual dress
and modest office with its
mounds of papers and simple
wooden shelves, are a far cry
from ceremonious British
chambers or slick New York
ones.
Living in Jerusalem's Old
City with Ruth and his five
sons, Mr. Adler has a pas-
sionate interest in ar-
chaeology and Israel's legal
rights to sovereignty over
Jerusalem, spending his
spare time caught up in the
past and possible future of the
ancient city.
Mr. Adler speaks excitedly
of the Arab-style building
housing the Labor Courts,
which stands on what was the
Israel-Jordan border before
the Six-Day-War and where
fierce fighting ensued. "I take
great pleasure in the paradox
that today the sight is one of
reason, law and conciliation,"
he says, "where Jews and
Arabs from Israel and
workers from the West Bank
can, no matter what their
means or status, settle their
disputes."
Looking back over the last
23 years, Stephen Adler ad-
mits satisfaction with his
achievements. The modesty
that pervades his conversa-
tion does nothing to dispel the
feeling that Judge Stephen
Adler would have succeeded
at anything he set his mind to
— even retraining as a
policeman.
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WZPS
NEWS
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IDF Kin
Air Messages
Jerusalem (JTA) —
Parents, relatives and
friends of Israeli soldiers
who are presently out of the
country can dial a number in
Israel to have their personal
Rosh Hashanah greetings
aired on army radio during
the upcoming holiday.
The holiday connection is a
joint venture of Bezek, the
Israel Telecommunication
Corp., and Galei Tzahal, the
army radio.
Callers who wish to par-
ticipate in that program can
call between Sept. 14 and
Sept. 22 to 972-3-65-2222,
and leave a message for
their soldier.
The actual call, or an an-
nouncer's version of the call,
will be broadcast on army
radio.