Jacob Weinroth

Jacob Weinroth was born in 1947 in Ansbach

Weinroth was born in a displaced persons camp in Ansbach, Germany. His parents were Polish Jews who had fled to the Soviet Union during World War II. The family moved to Israel in 1949 and settled in Netanya.

He studied at yeshivas in Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak and Jerusalem, including Ponevezh and Mir, and was ordained as a rabbi. He later studied law at Tel Aviv University, earning a BA in 1972, an MA in 1974 and a PhD in 1981. His doctoral thesis on Jewish divorce law included a bill that became the Rabbinical Courts Law of 1995.

Weinroth founded his law office and lectured at Tel Aviv University from 1974 until his death. He worked in white collar and civil litigation and represented clients across the political spectrum, including Benjamin Netanyahu, Ezer Weizman, Avigdor Lieberman and Ahmad Tibi. In 1991 he turned down an offer to serve on the Supreme Court, and he sat on the Tal Committee.

On 31 December 2009 he was indicted for bribery and money laundering. The Tel Aviv District Court acquitted him of all charges on 31 October 2011.

He lived in Ramat Gan, was married to Giselle and had 6 children. He kept working after falling ill with cancer and died on October 16, 2018.