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He graduated from the McGill University Faculty of Law in 1924.
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Harry Batshaw
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Justice Batshaw was the first Jew to be appointed to a superior court in Canada. After winning a scholarship, he did postgraduate work at the University of Grenoble and the Sorbonne. Returning to Montreal, he practiced law for 25 years.
In 1940, he was appointed a King"s Counsel.
In 1950, Prime Minister Louis Saint Laurent appointed him to the Quebec Superior Court. He served until retiring in 1977.
From 1931 to 1934, he was president of Canadian Young Judea, Canada"s largest Zionist youth movement. From 1944 to 1950, he was head of the public relations committee of the Zionist Organization of Canada.
In 1962, he was awarded the Medal of Merit by the Government of France.
In 1976 he was made an honorary Fellow of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was buried in Montreal"s Shaar Hashomayim Congregation Cemetery.
