2019 Issues of the Pluralist

January 1
Remembering Amos Oz

Tags: Amos Oz, Hebrew, deport, deportation, Colombia, Nicole Maor, LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, Anat Hoffman

January 14
IRAC's Victory Fit to Print

Tags: Mevasseret Zion, discrimination, Orly Erez-Likhovski, Anat Hoffman

January 21
IRAC Fights Gender Segregation in Higher Education

Tags: Library, education, college, university, gender discrimination, gender segregation, petition, deport, deportation, LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, Anat Hoffman

January 28
IRAC Reuniting Families

Tags: Convert, conversion, deport, deportation, LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, Nicole Maor, Colombia, Anat Hoffman

February 4
You are Invited to Three Weddings and a Statement

Tags: Marriage, wedding, LGBTQ, convert, conversion, interfaith, LGBTQ, Chief Rabbinate, Washington DC, AIPAC, USA, Three Weddings and a Statement, Anat Hoffman

February 11
IRAC Fights Gender Segregation in Jerusalem

Tags: Meital Arbel, gender segregation, gender discrimination, streets, modesty signs, Jerusalem, Bet Shemesh, Anat Hoffman

February 19
In Memory of Al Vorspan

Tags: Al Vorspan, Anat Hoffman

February 25
And the Oscar Goes to: Tolerance

Tags: Guy Nattiv, Oscar, bigotry, racism, elections, Knesset, Otzma Yehudit, Benjamin Netanyahu, Rabbi Meir Kahane, Michael Ben-Ari, Itamar Ben Gvir, Bentzi Gopstein, Lehava, AIPAC, AJC, Anat Hoffman

March 4
Take a Stand With IRAC Against Kahanists in the Knesset

Tags: Michael Ben Ari, Otzma Yehudit, Knesset, Rabbi Meir Kahane, Itamar Ben Gvir, elections, LGBTQ, Sammy Kanter, Anat Hoffman

March 11
Reform Judaism in Israel Under Attack

Tags: Hazon Movement, advertisements, Women of the Wall, Western Wall, Kotel, Rabbi Noa Sattath, Otzma Yehudit, Meretz, Elections, Stav Shaffir, Anat Hoffman

March 18
IRAC Victory in Disqualifying Jewish Supremacist from Knesset

Tags: Knesset, elections, Otzma Yehudit, racism, Rabbi Meir Kahane, Michael Ben Ari, Moshe Gafni, Supreme Court, Amalek, Anat Hoffman

March 25
IRAC Disassembles Gender Exclusion in IKEA's Catalog

Tags: IKEA, advertisement, gender discrimination, gender exclusion, Hannah Katsman, Kol Barama, Anat Hoffman

April 1
Three Weddings and a Statement

Tags: Michael Ben Ari, Otzma Yehudit, Knesset, Rabbi Meir Kahane, Itamar Ben Gvir, elections, LGBTQ, Sammy Kanter, Anat Hoffman

April 15
IRAC Shoots for the Moon

Tags: Moon, Beresheet, Israel Aerospace Industries, elections, democracy, Benjamin Netanyahu, Anat Hoffman

April 29
IRAC Carefully Teaches Tolerance

Tags: Racism Crisis Center, RCC, kindergarten, discrimination, schools, Rabbi Noa Sattath, Anat Hoffman

May 6
IRAC Fights for a Homeland for ALL Jews This Yom Haatzmaut

Tags: Independence, Nicole Maor, LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, Yosef Kibita, Uganda, convert, conversion, immigrant, immigration, Aliyah, racism, Law of Return, Daphne Erez-Barak, Abayudaya, Anat Hoffman

May 13
IRAC Says 'Amen'

Tags: Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, assimilation, Kotel, Western Wall, Anat Hoffman

May 20
IRAC Goes Public About Public Transportation on Shabbat

Tags: Public transportation, driving, Shabbat, Anat Hoffman

May 27
We Are Connected

Tags: Supreme Court, Knesset, democracy, Anat Hoffman

June 3
IRAC Gets a Reprieve

Tags: Knesset, elections, Benjamin Netanyahu, coalition, Supreme Court, Pride, LGBTQ, Jerusalem, Anat Hoffman

June 11
IRAC Makes Pride the New Normal

Tags: Pride, LGBTQ, Jerusalem March for Pride and Tolerance, homophobia, Hazon, Amir Ohana, Shira Banki, Rabbi Noa Sattath

June 17
IRAC Fights Family Separation

Tags: LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, immigrant, immigration, Moldova, citizen, Ministry of the Interior, adoption, LGBTQ, Anat Hoffman

June 24
IRAC Fights the N-Word

Tags: Africa, African Hebrew Israelites, Dimona, racism, slur, RCC, Racism Crisis Center, Anat Hoffman

July 1
New Eyes, New Voice

Tags: RCC, Racism Crisis Center, Anat Hoffman

July 8
IRAC Faces Facebook

Tags: Bnei Brak, Facebook, gender segregation, gender discrimination, education, Bentzi Gopstein, IDF, Israeli Defense Forces, funeral, burial, Anat Hoffman

July 15
IRAC Drives Away Gender Discrimination

Tags: Buses, gender segregation, gender discrimination, Nur Bar-On, Meital Arbel Egged, Anat Hoffman

July 22
First We Take Jerusalem

Tags: Jerusalem, pluralism, Municipality of Jerusalem, Reform Movement, funding, events, Anat Hoffman

July 29
IRAC's New Partner

Tags: Heroes of Health, cooperation, medical healthcare, Ministry of Labor, diversity, Anat Hoffman

August 5
Eyewitness in the Sky

Tags: El Al, flight attendant, airplane, gender discrimination, gender segregation, Renee Rabinowitz, Anat Hoffman

August 12
IRAC vs. Jewish Supremacists: Take 2

Tags: Michael Ben Ari, Knesset, elections, Rabbi Meir Kahane, racism, Otzma Yehudit, Itamar Ben Gvir, Baruch Marzel, Bentzi Gopstein, incitement, Lehava, Anat Hoffman

August 19
Reform Values Over "Jewish Power"

Tags: Knesset, racism, Otzma Yehudit, Itamar Ben Gvir, Baruch Marzel, Bentzi Gopstein, Orly Erez-Likhovski, Central Election Committee, Rabbi Noa Sattath

August 26
We Did it!

Tags: Baruch Marzel, Bentzi Gopstein, Supreme Court, Knesset, elections, racism, incitement, Otzma Yehudit, Anat Hoffman

September 3
IRAC Schools the Ministry of Education

Tags: Education minister, public school, modesty, Panim, Anat Hoffman

September 9
A Race Against the Clock

Tags: Ministry of the Interior, Na’ale, high school, immigrant, immigration, baptize, Aliyah, citizenship, LACO, Nicole Maor, Legal Aid Center for Olim, IDF, Israeli Defense Forces, Anat Hoffman

September 16
On Poles and Polls

Tags: Dr. Aliza Bloch, Bet Shemesh, modesty signs, elections, cameras, Anat Hoffman, Rabbi Noa Sattath

September 23
Riding the Rollercoaster

Tags: Elections, voter turnout, racism, Otzma Yehudit, Knesset, Anat Hoffman

October 7
While His Guitar Gently Weeps

Tags: Ronnie Peterson, immigrant, cemetery, burial, funeral, Hevra Kadisha, Menucha Nechona, Anat Hoffman

October 28
IRAC Fights Pool-itics

Tags: Pool, swimming, Racism Crisis Center, RCC, segregation, Rahat, Kiryat Gat, discrimination, Bedouins, Anat Hoffman

November 4
Driving Gender Exclusion Off a Cliff

Tags: Jamie Selter, tour, cable car, gender discrimination, gender segregation, Manara Cliff, Anat Hoffman

November 11
Israel's Next Big Threat

Tags: Sarah Meyer, convert, conversion, immigrant, immigration, Aliyah, Colombia, LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, Anat Hoffman

November 18
Give us Your Visionaries!

Tags: Racism, healthcare, Ministry of Labor, Voluntary Code for Equality and Diversity in the Workplace, Anat Hoffman

November 25
The Big Milk and Honey Theory

Tags: Corruption, URJ, Union for Reform Judaism, Anat Hoffman

December 3
The Verdict is In

Tags: Supreme Court, Michael Ben Ari, Baruch Marzel, Bentzi Gopstein, Knesset, Otzma Yehudit, Rabbi Meir Kahane, racism, LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, domestic abuse, humanitarian cases, modesty signs, Bet Shemesh, Anat Hoffman

December 9
IRAC Sends a Clear and Present Message

Tags: Bentzi Gopstein, racism, Lehava, incitement, Anat Hoffman

December 16
The Law of No Return

Tags: Law of Return, Aliyah, widows, LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, Anat Hoffman

December 23
The Courage to Care

Tags: Racism, gender discrimination, immigrant, immigration, Anat Hoffman

December 30
Your Marching Orders

Tags: Israelis, “light unto the nations”, homeland, Jewish state, tikvah, hope, activist, democracy, Anat Hoffman

December 31
New Year, New Podcast

Tags: Podcast, Anat Hoffman