Yishai Fleisher

Yishai Fleisher the international spokesman for the Jewish community in Hebron, an Israeli radio show host, and writer. Fleisher is a contributing editor at JewishPress.com and the founder and director of "Kumah" - a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening Israel's global narrative through strategic communications. Fleisher was also the Director of Programming and a broadcaster at the Voice of Israel network, which operated between 2014-2015.

Background & Education

Fleisher was born in Israel to Jewish Refuseniks from the Soviet Union, and was raised in the United States. At the age of 17, Fleisher returned to Israel and served as a Paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces. He continues to participate in an active battlefield reserve unit.

Injured in Lebanon during his military service, Fleisher returned to the US where he completed an undergraduate degree in Political Science at Yeshiva University, and a Juris Doctorate at the Cardozo School of Law. Yishai received his rabbinic degree from Kollel Agudat Achim in Jerusalem.