Rabbi Widmonte is the co-founder and Dean of the Academy of Jewish Thought and Learning, and the NED (National Education Development) programme, South Africa's leading Jewish organisations for adult education and teacher training - both in association with LSJS. He studied in Yeshivat Har Etzion, holds a degree in Mathamatics & Computer Science, and served in the IDF. He is also the author of the first ever translation of the Maharal's Tiferet Yisrael.