Anat
Ovadia-Rosner

Anat Ovadia-Rosner is a PhD student in the Zvi Meitar Center for Advanced Legal Studies of the Buchmann Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University under the supervision of Prof. Yishai Blank.

Anat’s dissertation explores the historical development of legal rules and institutions governing minority and majority relations in Israeli public law.

Using original archival research and several case studies, she is examining the origins of the concepts of “minorities” and “majorities” and their transformation since the early years of Israeli statehood: for example, which groups Israeli decision-makers envisioned as “minorities” and “majorities” while formulating legal rules in different times, what rationales and justifications underpinned these mechanisms, and how the legal mechanisms constructed various perceptions concerning equality, hierarchy, and social relations? By analyzing this process, her research explores whether it is time to reconsider the way we think about minority and majority relations and whether a new approach will yield revised and improved legal arrangements.

Anat grew up in Nesher and currently lives in Givatayim. She obtained a BA in the Honors Program in Humanities and Arts (magna cum laude), an LLB in law (magna cum laude) and an MA in history (summa cum laude) from Tel Aviv University. She decided to pursue her law studies after working at the Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, an NGO defending the rights of migrants, asylum seekers, and trafficking victims. Prior to embarking on her PhD, Anat completed her legal internship at the Israeli Supreme Court where she clerked for Justice Daphne Barak-Erez. In her free time, she enjoys reading, swimming, and practicing yoga.