Joseph Hirsch Dünner (Hebrew: יוסף צבי הלוי דינר (also known as (הריצ״ד)); 11 January 1833 – 13 October 1911) was a Dutch Jewish leader and scholar, who served as Chief Rabbi of North Holland (including Amsterdam).
He received his rabbinical education in his native city, and studied philosophy and Oriental philology at Bonn and Heidelberg.
His ability soon made it famous as a school of Jewish theology, ancient languages, and religious philosophy.
In 1874 he was made Chief Rabbi of the Amsterdam community and of the province of North Holland, and though was strictly Orthodox, no dissension has marred his administration.
[4] He also acquired a reputation as an orator, and contributed to the Joodsch Letterkundige Bijdragen, Monatsschrift, Weekblad voor Israeliten, and Israelitische Letterbode.