Rachel Fish
Senior Advisor and Resident Scholar, Paul E. Singer Foundation
Rachel Fish is the Senior Advisor and Resident Scholar at the Paul E. Singer Foundation. Previously, she was the Associate Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University. She completed her doctoral degree in the Near Eastern and Judaic Studies department at Brandeis University in 2013. Her dissertation, “Configurations of Bi-nationalism: The Transformation of Bi-nationalism in Palestine/Israel 1920’s-Present,” examines the history of the idea of bi-nationalism and alternative visions for constructing the State of Israel. She has worked as an educator and consultant in various capacities in the Jewish community and higher education, teaching about Zionism and Israeli history at Brandeis University, Harvard University, UMASS Amherst and adult education programs. In 2015, she held the Rohr Visiting Professorship at Harvard University, where she lectured on modern Israel and received the Derek Bok Certificate of Teaching Excellence. Rachel lives in Waltham with her husband, Dave, and their four children. Rachel enjoys playing soccer, reading, traveling