Yosef Zvi Rimon

Yosef Zvi Rimon was born in 1968 in London

Rimon was born in London on January 18, 1968, to Rita and David Rimon, and grew up in Tel Aviv. He is named after his grandfather, the poet Yosef Zvi Rimon.

He studied at the Moriah school, at a preparatory program in Givat Shmuel and at Yeshivat Netiv Meir in Jerusalem. He then moved to Yeshivat Har Etzion. He served in the Armored Corps and earned a teaching degree at Herzog College.

He began teaching at Yeshivat Har Etzion and later headed its halakha kollel. He founded the Sulamot association and, after the Gaza disengagement, the Leofek association, which helped evacuees find work. He became rabbi of the Ashkenazi synagogue of Alon Shvut Darom.

In 2015 he was named rabbi of the Jerusalem College of Technology. In 2021 he was elected rabbi of the Gush Etzion Regional Council, and in 2024 he became president of the Mizrachi movement. He is married to Sharon and they have 8 daughters.