Ronen Shoval

Ronen Shoval was born in 1980 in Ramat HaSharon

Shoval was born in 1980 in Ramat HaSharon. His father, Eduardo Shoval, is a high-tech entrepreneur born in Argentina. He attended the Open Democratic School in Jaffa and the Rothberg High School in Ramat HaSharon.

After serving in the IDF, he earned a B.A. in international relations and an M.A. in Jewish philosophy at the Hebrew University. In 2014 he completed a PhD with honors at Paris West University Nanterre La Défense, under Shmuel Trigano. His thesis dealt with collective holiness in biblical politics.

During the 2005 Disengagement he co-founded Orange Cell, a student group that protested the plan. In 2006 he co-founded Im Tirtzu with Erez Tadmor and led it until 2013. In 2010 he published a book setting out the movement's ideas.

In 2015 he ran in the Jewish Home primaries and placed 16th, without entering the Knesset. He chaired the Professors' Circle for Political and Economic Resilience from 2015. In February 2019 he sought the Jewish Home leadership, but Rafi Peretz was chosen.

In 2019 he became dean of the Tikvah Fund and founded the Argaman Institute. In the 2022 to 2023 academic year he was a visiting scholar and lecturer at Princeton University. He married Hamutal in 2006, and they have 5 daughters.