Nehemyah Gutman

Nehemyah Gutman was born in 1925 in Tel Aviv

Nehemyah Gutman was born in Tel Aviv in 1925. In 1943 he finished his studies at Geula High School, a commercial school.

After school he joined the Jewish Settlement Police and served in its mobile guard. In 1947 he was called up for full service as a platoon commander, and in 1948 he completed officers' course and commanded a platoon in the Givati Brigade. From 1952 he served in the career army at the General Staff and left the IDF as a major.

While serving, he studied law at Tel Aviv University. He became a lawyer in 1960 and worked as legal adviser to the insurance company Mivtachim. From November 1971 he was legal adviser to the trade union department of the Histadrut.

In 1972 he became a judge at the Regional Labor Court in Tel Aviv, and in 1982 chief judge of the Regional Labor Court in Jerusalem. From 1984 he acted as a judge at the National Labor Court. He handled labor disputes at Bank Leumi, the Broadcasting Authority, Beilinson and HaSharon hospitals, El Al and the Teachers' Union.

He retired on December 31, 1986, and later worked in mediation and consulting, including for workers' committees. He died on June 15, 2013.