Assaf Kidron

Assaf Kidron is an Israeli sculptor who works mainly in stone, creating memorials and Judaica for sites across Israel.

born 1976Stone memorials across IsraelJudaica made from local stoneRabbi Mordechai Eliyahu's gravestone

Born: 12 February 1976, Safed
Occupation: sculptor

Assaf Kidron was born in 1976 in Safed

Assaf Kidron was born in Safed on February 12, 1976, to Yosef and Rachel Kidron. He went to the Ari Elementary School in Safed and to the Boys Town yeshiva high school in Jerusalem. He later studied at Yeshivat Tiferet Tzvi and Yeshivat Kedumim.

He did his military service in the Netzah Yehuda Battalion. He is married to Nurit Fuchs Kidron.

Kidron designs monuments and ritual objects from local stone. In 2007 he built a memorial to Joshua son of Nun at the Givot Olam farm, and in 2010 he built the gravestone of Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu from stones of the four holy cities. He also built the ark and bimah of the yeshiva in Itamar dedicated to the Fogel family, and a memorial in Einot Ener to the 3 teenagers murdered in 2014.

In 2016 two of his mezuzot were placed at the Cave of the Patriarchs. A menorah he made was given to US Vice President Mike Pence in 2018, and on March 5, 2018, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a work of his to President Donald Trump.