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Simcha Rothman

Simcha Rothman is an Israeli lawyer and Religious Zionist Party member of the Knesset who chaired the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee during the 2023 judicial overhaul effort.

born 1980Leading the 2023 judicial overhaul billsFounding the Movement for Governability and DemocracyChairing the Constitution Committee

Born: 13 August 1980, Bnei Brak
Occupation: lawyer, politician
Party: Religious Zionist Party
Education: Faculty of Law, Bar-Ilan University, Northwestern University, Yeshivat Torat HaChaim
Rank: Rav-Turay

Simcha Rothman was born in 1980 in Bnei Brak

Rothman was born on 13 August 1980 in Bnei Brak to Binyamin and Riva Rothman, in a religious Zionist family. He studied at the Mekor Haim high school yeshiva and briefly at the Kerem B'Yavneh hesder yeshiva.

He received a medical exemption from military service but volunteered for the IDF. He earned a law degree at Bar-Ilan University and in 2012 completed a master's degree in public law in a joint program of Tel Aviv University and Northwestern University.

He interned at the Ministry of Justice and later opened a law firm. In 2013 he cofounded the Movement for Governability and Democracy with Yehuda Amrani and served as its legal adviser until 2021.

He was elected to the Knesset in 2021 on the Religious Zionist list and reelected in 2022. On 4 January 2023 he became chair of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, where he led the judicial reform bills that sparked mass protests. In August 2025 Australia barred his entry.

He is married to Hanna and has 5 children. He lives in Pnei Kedem in the Gush Etzion Regional Council.