Rabbi Tamir Nir is the spiritual leader of Kehilat
Achva B'Kerem, a member congregation within the
Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive
Judaism. He also serves as the director of the
Secular Yeshiva in Tel Aviv and BINA - The Jewish
Movement for Social Change, as well as the
chairman of the Heschel Center. The immediate past
deputy mayor of Jerusalem in charge of the
transportation, environmental, and conservation
portfolios, Rabbi Nir holds a degree in
architecture and urban planning from the Bezalel
Academy of Arts and Design. He lives in the Beit
Hakerem neighborhood of Jerusalem with his wife
and three children.