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Yoram Getzler (Yoram ben Bella Miriam v’Yaakov, 1938-2013) was an Israeli-American radio producer, writer, and a central figure in bringing Renewal Judaism to Israel. After receiving his B.A. in Cinematography and Audio-Visual Education from the University of Southern California, Getzler spent thirteen years producing audio-visual materials and supervising the film library at the L.A. Bureau of Jewish Education before moving to Colorado. In Colorado, he��worked at KVNF-FM public radio in addition to owning a forty-acre farm and founding a Waldorf School for his children.

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In 1986, Getzler moved to Israel where he worked as an independent radio program producer and part-time at the radio station Kol Israel’s (Voice of Israel) English language division. Shortly after moving there, he organized Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s visit to Israel, hoping to convince him to retire there. Due to the success of the visit and having known and worked with Schachter-Shalomi��since 1973, Getzler was appointed��that same year as the coordinator of�� by Schachter-Shalomi's B’nai Or organization in Israel, which later became��Ahavi, the Association for Jewish Renewal in Israel.��In addition to his many activities as founder and chairperson of Ahavil, Getzler��also served as the main contact and tour-guide for Renewal rabbis visiting Israel.

Later in his career, Getzler used his experience as a radio producer to promote unknown Jewish musicians and artists through the website he started in 2006, cdisrael.com;��the podcast he co-hosted with Steve Orenstein on israelseen.com, another website he founded that year; and a CD featuring traditional Jewish music called “Niggun, Nishama, Haftaah,” that he produced in 2006.

The Yoram Getzler Papers contain��documents related to the founding and subsequent activities of Ahavi, correspondence between Getzler and Schachter-Shalomi, and sheet music related to Getzler's��work as a music producer.