Earlier today, Dr. Steven L. Spiegel interviewed Dr. Shlomo Fischer on the highly contentious issue of settlements in the West Bank and the various components of the settler movement.
Listen to their discussion here.
Dr. Fischer is the Founding Director of Yesodot - The Center for Torah and Democracy. He teaches in the School of Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and has worked in the field of education for 25 years. As Founding Director of Yesodot, Dr. Fischer has focused on religion, democracy and tolerance as he works to advance education for democracy in the State Religious school sector in Israel. He has been a fellow at Tel Aviv University and the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. His research interests include the nexus of religion, politics and class in Israel, contemporary religion and Jewish historical sociology. He has authored many publications, several of which deal with the challenges facing religious Zionism today.