Elisheva Barak-Ussoskin

Elisheva Barak-Ussoskin was born in 1936 in Bucharest

Elisheva Barak-Ussoskin was born in Bucharest on 13 October 1936, the only child of Moshe and Miriam Ussoskin. Her father directed the Joint Distribution Committee in the Balkans and was arrested in 1940. After his release the family moved to Palestine in 1941 and settled in Jerusalem.

She attended Gymnasia Rehavia and graduated from Beit Ha-kerem High School in 1954. After army service she studied at the Hebrew University from 1956, earning a master's degree in 1963, and worked in genetics research. She married Aharon Barak in 1957, and they had three daughters and a son.

She studied law at the Hebrew University from 1973 to 1977 and was admitted to the bar in 1978. She worked as a legal assistant to presidents of the Supreme Court until 1987, when she became Registrar of the Regional Labor Court in Jerusalem. In 1990 she was appointed a judge in the regional labor courts in Jerusalem and Beersheba.

In 1995 she joined the National Labor Court, and in 2000 she became its vice president. Her rulings dealt with work accidents at home, manpower agencies and pension rights. She retired in 2006 and later taught labor law at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya.

A volume in her honor was published in 2012. She died on 9 December 2024 and was buried in Har HaMenuchot cemetery in Jerusalem.