Yitzhak Kahan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yitzhak Kahan

Israeli judge

Date of Birth: 15-Nov-1913

Place of Birth: Brody, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 24-Apr-1985

Profession: judge

Nationality: Israel

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Yitzhak Kahan (Hebrew: ???? ????; November 15, 1913 – April 24, 1985) was President of the Supreme Court of Israel from 1982 until 1983.
He was the Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut also known as the Kahan Commission, which was established to investigate the Sabra and Shatila massacre. Born in Brody, Galicia, Austria-Hungary, he was the brother of Rav Kalman Kahana, a former Knesset member.
He studied law, administration, and economics at the University of Lviv before emigrating to Mandatory Palestine in 1935.
In 1950, he was appointed a magistrate judge in Haifa, and he became a district judge in, 1953.
On October 7, 1970, Kahan was appointed to the Supreme Court of Israel. On March 26, 1981, he was appointed President of the Supreme Court of Israel.