Yechiel Kasher

Yechiel Kasher was born in 1961 in Ramat Gan

Yechiel Meir Kasher was born in Ramat Gan on June 9, 1961, to Avraham and Ayala. His father, born in Poland, held a doctorate in physics and worked as a teacher, and his Belgian-born mother managed production at the family soup nuts and noodle factory. When he was 5, the family moved to Herzliya Pituach, and he attended the Herzliya Gymnasium in Tel Aviv.

From 1979 to 1982 he served in the Artillery Corps and fought in the First Lebanon War. He then studied law at Tel Aviv University and graduated with honors in 1986.

He interned with Professor Yuval Levy and was licensed as a lawyer in 1987. He worked at Levy's firm, became a partner in 1993 and led its litigation work. After a 2014 merger with David Tadmor's firm, he headed the litigation department, focusing on civil, commercial and administrative law.

In February 2022 his appointment to the Supreme Court was approved as the Israel Bar Association's private sector candidate, and he was sworn in on June 9, 2022. He came to the court with no previous judicial role. In 2024, sitting on a panel of 3, he ruled that gender-separated prayer is allowed in public space, against the position of the Tel Aviv municipality.

He is married to Dorit and lives in Ra'anana. The couple have 3 children and 3 grandchildren.