Israel Mr. Leather Contest and Events

POSTPONED

The next contest will be announced when the war with Gaza has settled enough to encourage travel.

Israel Mr. Leather is an annual contest and social events for the gay, leather and fetish communities in Israel and the Middle East. The contest is held in Tel Aviv to select a Mr. Israel Leather who will go on to represent Israel at International Mr. Leather (Chicago) or Mr. Fetish Europe and other leather events in Europe and around the world.

To become a contestant, read about the contest and complete an application

Lodging will be announced at a later date.

2025 Judges

Tio Lelieveld

Tio’s interest in fetish and leather began as mere curiosity but evolved into a dedicated way of life. His passion for the Fetish scene fueled an enthusiasm for participating in both large-scale… more

John O’Brien

For two decades John has been an iconic figure in the Irish and European fetish community. John has been an active member, volunteer and ambassador for some of the oldest fetish clubs in Ireland.… more

János Martényi

Mr Leather & Mr Fetish Spain 2017 from Barcelona is a leather & fist guy, born in Hungary and living more than half of his life in Spain. During his reign he founded the Spanish Leather… more

Per Helge Nylund

Per is the current Mr. Fetish Europe 2024 and will be on the jury at IML 2024.

Udi Taurus

Udi Taurus represented Israel as Israel Mr. Leather 2018 at IML in Chicago 2019.

Mr. Leather Israel Titleholders

Oded Gross 2019

Oded Gross won the title of Mr. Leather Israel 2019.

Udi Taurus in 2018 with previous titleholders Aviv Grundman and Tzachee Grouper

Udi Taurus 2018

Udi Taurus is a leather man and leather designer from Tel Aviv. He competed for International Mr. Leather in Chicago in May 2019.

Aviv Grundman 2017

Aviv is a sexy leatherman from Tel Aviv Israel. He has several fetishes and is looking to build bridges between the Arab and Israeli population. He competed at IML 2018.

Tzachee Groupper 2016

Tzachee Groupper holds the title of Israel Mr. Leather 2016 and competed for the 39th International Mr. Leather contest in Chicago, Illinois, in May 2017.

David Saban 2015

David Saban holds the title of Israel Mr. Leather 2015 and competed at the 38th International Mister Leather contest in Chicago, Illinois in May 2016.