Born in Budapest, Hungary, John Fischer is part of a family that miraculously survived the Holocaust. Dr. Fischer holds six college and university degrees, two of them doctorates. He received his PhD in Education and Religion from the University of South Florida, and a ThD in Judaic Studies from the California Graduate School of Theology. […]
Born in Budapest, Hungary, John Fischer is part of a family that miraculously survived the Holocaust. Dr. Fischer holds six college and university degrees, two of them doctorates. He received his PhD in Education and Religion from the University of South Florida, and a ThD in Judaic Studies from the California Graduate School of Theology. He has spoken and taught throughout the US and around the world.
Dr. Fischer serves as rabbi of Congregation Ohr Chadash (a Messianic synagogue in Clearwater, Florida), executive director of Menorah Ministries, vice president for academics at St. Petersburg Seminary and Yeshiva, rosh yeshiva (dean) at Netzer David International Yeshiva, member of the executive committee for the Messianic Jewish Rabbinic Council, and president of the International Messianic Jewish Alliance. He was also a founder of the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations and served for a number of years as its president.
Additionally, Dr. Fischer is the author of numerous articles and several books, including: The Olive Tree Connection: Sharing Messiah with Israel (1983), The Enduring Paradox: Exploratory Essays in Messianic Judaism (2000), and Messianic Services for the Festivals and Holy Days (1992). In 2004, John and his wife, Dr. Patrice Fischer, co-authored The Distortion: 2,000 Years of Misrepresenting the Relationship between Jesus the Messiah and the Jewish People, an analysis of the ongoing nature of religious anti-Judaism and anti-Semitism and the issues they raise.
John and Patrice have two grown children (Eve and Seth) and three grandchildren (Naomi, Gideon, and Jonas).
Born in Budapest, Hungary, John Fischer is part of a family that miraculously survived the Holocaust. Dr. Fischer holds six college and university degrees, two of them doctorates. He received his PhD in Education and Religion from the University of South Florida, and a ThD in Judaic Studies from the California Graduate School of Theology. He has spoken and taught throughout the US and around the world.
Dr. Fischer serves as rabbi of Congregation Ohr Chadash (a Messianic synagogue in Clearwater, Florida), executive director of Menorah Ministries, vice president for academics at St. Petersburg Seminary and Yeshiva, rosh yeshiva (dean) at Netzer David International Yeshiva, member of the executive committee for the Messianic Jewish Rabbinic Council, and president of the International Messianic Jewish Alliance. He was also a founder of the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations and served for a number of years as its president.
Additionally, Dr. Fischer is the author of numerous articles and several books, including: The Olive Tree Connection: Sharing Messiah with Israel (1983), The Enduring Paradox: Exploratory Essays in Messianic Judaism (2000), and Messianic Services for the Festivals and Holy Days (1992). In 2004, John and his wife, Dr. Patrice Fischer, co-authored The Distortion: 2,000 Years of Misrepresenting the Relationship between Jesus the Messiah and the Jewish People, an analysis of the ongoing nature of religious anti-Judaism and anti-Semitism and the issues they raise.
John and Patrice have two grown children (Eve and Seth) and three grandchildren (Naomi, Gideon, and Jonas).
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