Simcha Rothman

Simcha Dan Rothman (Hebrew: שִׂמְחָה דָּן רוֹטְמָן, born 13 August 1980)[1] is an Israeli lawyer, activist and politician. He is currently a member of the Knesset for the far-right Religious Zionist Party and the chair of the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee.[2]

Simcha Rothman
Faction represented in the Knesset
2021–Religious Zionist Party
Personal details
Born (1980-08-13) 13 August 1980
Bnei Brak, Israel

Biography

Rothman was born into a family that had immigrated to Israel from Cleveland in the United States in the early 20th century.[3] He was educated at Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh and served as a chaplain for the Combat Engineering Corps during his national service in the Israel Defense Forces.[4] After earning an LLB at Bar-Ilan University he studied for a master's degree in public law at Tel Aviv University and Northwestern University.[3]

He founded the Movement for Governability and Democracy in 2013.[3] A critic of the corruption trial of Benjamin Netanyahu, he has campaigned for legislation to allow the government to override the Supreme Court and supports immunity from prosecution for serving prime ministers.[5][3]

Prior to the 2021 Knesset elections Rothman was placed fourth on the list for the far-right Religious Zionist Party,[1] and was elected to the Knesset as the party won six seats.

In 2023, following the formation of the thirty-seventh government of Israel, Rothman was appointed chairman of the Knesset's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, where he led the efforts to overhaul Israel's judiciary that sparked the 2023 Israeli judicial reform protests.[6]

See also

References
  1. בחירות 2021: חברי הכנסת ה-24 מטעם הציונות הדתית Mako, 25 March 2021
  2. "Down With the High Court: An Interview With the Architect of Israel's Radical Judicial Coup. Rothman is known as an anti democratic person, and some people thinks that he needs to go to jail because the changes he makes in the ministry of law". Haaretz. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  3. Candidate Rothman: Conviction may not bring down Netanyahu The Jerusalem Post, 18 February 2021
  4. Simcha D. Rothman Tikvah
  5. Reform rabbi, Kahanist agitator, firebrand writer: The new Knesset's 16 rookies The Times of Israel, 26 March 2021
  6. Eglash, Ruth (2023-02-13). "Meet the Knesset member at the forefront of the controversial plans to reform Israel's judiciary". Jewish Insider. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
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