Louise Fox moved the Jewish world when he signed his oath in Hebrew • A Brazilian judge noted: "This is a special moment for the Jewish community in the country"
Louise Fox
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Sometimes these are the little moments that steal the show and Louise Fox, the first Jewish judge on the Supreme Court in the great state of South America signed one of them.
In the summary of his inauguration, he said: "I wish humility, courage, independence, caution and discipline would guide me in the journey I am beginning now, that God will protect me" and added in Hebrew - "Blessed be God".
As befits the official ceremony, prior to his remarks there was prolonged applause from the judges in the honorable class.
"This is a special and significant moment for the Jewish community in Brazil," Judge Deniz Levy Treadler of the Rio State Court described.
Arnon Wilmotsky, president of the Jewish Federation in Rio added.
"His composure, competence and honesty will be important in outlining the contours for conducting court hearings."
Fox was born in Rio, the grandson of Romanian refugees who fled to Brazil during World War II, even before the waves of immigration of Jews to Brazil that became known after the war.
His grandmother is a former president of the Israeli Children's Home in Rio.
In 2014, he was the keynote speaker at the annual conference of the Israeli-Brazilian Confederation, the Jewish umbrella organization in the country.
Fox, a law professor, has written several books and is considered a sought-after lecturer.
The process of changing the presidency between the 11 judges of the Federal Supreme Court in Brazil takes place once every two years.
Fox was appointed a judge in 2011 by President Dilma Rousseff, who was fired and fired in 2016.
Among other things, he headed a committee that drafted Brazil's ("new") civil code.