Abstract:
Rosalie Silberman Abella was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 2004 by then Prime Minister Paul Martin. Born in 1946 in a Displaced Persons Camp in Germany, she has the distinction of being the first Jewish woman and the first refugee appointed to the Court. The entry about Abella on the Web Site of the Supreme Court of Canada provides some biographical information about her as well as information about her distinguished career. Click on the link above to see the entry.