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In 1925, Ginossar interned and clerked at the law firm Adv. Harry Sacher and Adv. Shalom (Solomon) Horowitz. She worked there for three years, doing work that did not require court appearances. Horowitz submitted a petition on her behalf in
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Authorities were at the same time hurrying to pass a draft ordinance from 1925 which was meant "to restrict women from appearing before Muslim, religious, and tribal courts and to bar them from various legal occupations." This led to widespread protest led by
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