Rabbi, educator and author

Rabbi Doron Perez

Rabbi Doron Perez is the author of <i>Leading the Way</i>, a collection of writings on some of the most important matters in Jewish life.

Doron Perez
World Mizrachi · World Zionist Organization
Executive Chairman of World Mizrachi; served the South African Jewish community for 15 years.

Today

Head of the World Mizrachi Movement

Rabbi Doron Perez is the head of the World Mizrachi Movement, where he is Executive Chairman after serving as its chief executive.

In November 2025 he was elected President of the World Zionist Organization. Mizrachi is the global Religious Zionist movement, based in Jerusalem with branches across the globe. It was founded in 1902 by Rabbi Yitzchak Yaacov Reines and inspires commitment to the Torah, the Jewish people and the Land of Israel. In 2023 he was behind the World Orthodox Israel Congress, which welcomed more than 1,000 delegates from 48 countries.

South Africa

15 years in Johannesburg

Born and raised in Johannesburg, Rabbi Perez made Aliyah at 18 and studied for ten years in some of Israel's leading yeshivot, serving in the IDF in the Hesder program.

He earned rabbinic ordination and a Bachelor of Education in Jewish philosophy, and later a master's degree in Jewish history from Haifa University. He then served the South African Jewish community for 15 years: as executive director of Mizrachi South Africa, Senior Rabbi of the Mizrachi Shul in Johannesburg, and head of the Yeshiva College schools. He returned to Israel with his wife Shelley and their children in the summer of 2014 to take up his post at World Mizrachi.

Speaking and writing

Leading the Way

Rabbi Perez has been scholar in residence in many communities in South Africa and around the world.

His books are Leading the Way and The Jewish State: From Opposition to Opportunity. In June 2024 Yeshiva University presented him with its Torat Tziyon Award. He lives in Yad Binyamin.

Scholars in residence