Menachem Fisch

Menachem Fisch was born in 1948 in Leeds

Menachem Fisch was born in Leeds, England, in 1948. His parents were Joyce and Professor Aharon Harel-Fisch. The family moved to Israel when he was 9.

From 1966 to 1970 he studied physics and mathematics at Bar-Ilan University in the academic reserve program. He earned a master's degree in philosophy at Tel Aviv University. His doctorate in history and philosophy of science, on the thought of William Whewell, was awarded in 1986 after a year at Oxford.

He joined the Tel Aviv University faculty after an Alon Fellowship in 1987 to 1989. He became associate professor in 1997, full professor in 2005, and head of the School of Philosophy for two terms. His work covers 19th-century British science, confirmation theory, rationality, and the theology and legal reasoning of the Talmud.

From 2003 to 2009 he served on the board of B'Tselem. He retired in 2016 and became professor emeritus. In 2022 he became co-director of a joint Frankfurt and Tel Aviv center for the study of interreligious dynamics.