Tomer Persico
Dr. Tomer Persico is a Research Fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute. He was the Koret Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish and Israel Studies at U.C. Berkeley, where he was also a Senior Research Scholar in the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Dr. Persico is a social activist advocating for freedom of religion in Israel. A leading thinker about secularization, Jewish Renewal and forms of contemporary spirituality, Persico writes the most popular blog in Hebrew
Israel’s Jewish fundamentalists hold an unprecedented level of power in Benjamin Netanyahu’s current government. What does that mean for Israeli democracy, for the U.S.-Israel relationship and for the broader Middle East? Tomer Persico joins the Haaretz Weekly podcast to explain the rise of the Religious Zionism party and how it wants to reshape Israel forever.
