to the position of deputy president of the Supreme Court, under Meir Shamgar. He served in this position until his retirement in 1993 after 16 years as a justice; he was succeeded as deputy president by Aharon Barak. Presidential nomination Supported by Menachem Begin and the coalition (Likud party), Elon was nearly selected as President of the State of Israel, losing in a close vote (61-57) to his childhood friend Chaim Herzog in 1983. Resumption of academic career After retiring from the Supreme Court in 1993, he was elected President of the World Union of Jewish Studies, and served in that capacity until 2005. In 1995, he founded and became the founding dean of Sha'arei Mishpat College for the first eight years of its existence. Elon headed a number of non-profit organizations, and sat on the boards of others. He also continued to write and teach at universities around the world. In 1992, Elon wrote the "Jerusalem Covenant" - a mosaic dealing with the centrality of Jerusalem in Jewish life - signed on the 25th Jerusalem Day. Menachem Elon died in Jerusalem on February 6, 2013, and was buried in Har HaMenuchot (Jerusalem). He was 89. Awards and honors in 1978, Katz Prize for Jewish studies. in 1979, Elon was awarded the Israel Prize in jurisprudence. in 1979, Ben-Meir Prize for Mishpat Ivri Research. In 1994, won a National Jewish Book Award for the English translation of the book "Jewish law: history, sources, principles". in 1994, Elon was awarded the Zeltner Prize for Legal Research. in 1996, won the Israel Bar Association prize in 1997, he received Honorary Degrees from Bar-Ilan University. in 1997, Elon was awarded the "Knight of Quality Government" from Movement for Quality Government in Israel. in 1999, he received Honorary Degrees from Jerusalem College of Technology in 2001, he received the Yakir Yerushalayim (Worthy Citizen of Jerusalem) and Yakir Safed (2004). Published works Selected works in English Jewish Law: History, Sources, Principles, The Jewish Publication Society, 1994. . Decision of the Supreme Court of Israel in the Shefer Case (Yael Shefer v. The State of Israel), Falk Schlesinger Institute, 1996. The Tears of the Oppressed: An Examination Of The Agunah Problem: Background And Halakhic Sources, Ktav Pub Inc, 2004. The Ethiopian Jews (Bene Israel: a case study in the functioning of the Jewish legal system, New York, 1987. Talmudic civil law, New York, 1984. Jewish Law