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Shlomo Fischer

Shlomo Fischer is a sociologist and senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI).

Evangelical Christians from around the world sing and recite prayers as they attend the 2013 Jerusalem Chairman's Conference, hosted by the Israel Allies Foundation, at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, on Sept. 22, 2013. Photo by Flash90.

A new era for evangelicals and Israel, a bridge to progressives?

As younger evangelicals distance themselves from rigid partisanship, there’s a notable change in how they approach politics and faith.

Shlomo Fischer and Dov Maimon

Oct. 28, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv. Nov. 22, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

October 7 was a feature, not a bug

The failures of that day were not the result of individual mistakes but of an entire strategic paradigm.

Shlomo Fischer

Jan. 16, 2024

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Mission Minister Orit Strock attend a Religious Zionism Party faction meeting at the Givat Harel outpost in Samaria, Feb. 14, 2023. Photo by Sraya Diamant/Flash90.

The hostage dilemma

Religious Israelis’ opposition to the hostage deal with Hamas was based on a differing view of nationalism.

Shlomo Fischer

Dec. 5, 2023

Haredi Jews attend the funeral of Yousef Kahn, one of the victims of the Meron tragedy, where 45 people were crushed to death on April 30 outside the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem, May 2, 2021. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Israel’s Haredi education system needs major reform

I agree that Torah study is an important value and a Jewish state ought to promote it, but Torah study isn’t what’s happening.

Shlomo Fischer

Nov. 27, 2022