Pynchas Brener (born 1931) is the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi[1][2] of Caracas, Venezuela, starting in 1967.

[5] In August 2019, the disputed president of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, appointed Brener as the official envoy to Israel, even though the two countries do not have diplomatic relations.

[6][7] Brener is a president of the Committee of Liaisons between Churches and Synagogues in Venezuela and member of the Board of Directors of Bar Ilan University in Israel.

He is the author of several books about Judaism, including El Diálogo Eterno, Las Escrituras: Hombres e Ideas, and Fe y Razón, all published by the World Zionist Organization's Department for Education and Culture in the Diaspora.

He also co-edited with Marianne Beker and Thea Segal, the book Las sinagogas se abren al mundo[8] He is also a regular columnist in the Venezuelan newspapers such as El Nacional,[9] El Universal[10] and the Venezuelan Jewish community weekly newspaper Nuevo Mundo Israelita.