2015 Issues of the Pluralist

January 5
Rights on Flights

Tags: Swiss Air, El Al, airplane, flight, Shemot, gender discrimination, Bnei Brak, Lehava, Anat Hoffman

January 12
IRAC's New Year's Resolution

Tags: Lehava, racism, Heroes of Health, healthcare, silent majority, Vayeira, transgender, Western Wall, Kotel, LGBTQ, Rabbi Noa Sattath

January 19
If Claude Were Claudia

Tags: Marriage, LGBTQ, Israeli Citizenship Law, Gilad Erdan, Angela Merkel, flight, airplane, Bo, Anat Hoffman

January 26
Goodbye Signs. Hello Fines.

Tags: Bet Shemesh, modesty signs, tsnius, Judge David Gidoni, LGBTQ, conversion therapy, Anat Hoffman

February 2
Hatikvah in Uniform

Tags: Eurovision, IDF, Israeli Defense Forces, soldiers, gender discrimination, election, Bet Shemesh, modesty, Yitro, Anat Hoffman

February 9
A Dying Wish

Tags: Citizenship, conversion, convert, deportation, Ministry of the Interior, widow, naturalization, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, Druze, Arabic, Mishpatim, Anat Hoffman

February 16
Swim or Starve

Tags: Education, yeshiva, unemployment, core curriculum, modesty signs, Terumah, Ministry of Education, Anat Hoffman

February 23
A Sign of Courage

Tags: Snow, Bet Shemesh, Me’ah Shearim, modesty signs, Nir Barkat, Tetzaveh, Anat Hoffman

March 2
Purim Firefighters

Tags: Purim, fire, arson, mosque, Kafr Jab’a, Greek Orthodox Seminary, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, Rabbi Noa Sattath, ARZA, Association of Reform Zionists of America, WZO, World Zionist Organization, Anat Hoffman

March 9
Make it Happen

Tags: Golda Meir, modesty signs, gender equality, WZO, World Zionist Organization, ARZA, Association of Reform Zionists of America, gender discrimination, Vayakhel, Pekudei, Anat Hoffman

March 16
Elections are Here

Tags: Election, WZC, World Zionist Congress, WZO, World Zionist Organization, pluralism, freedom of religion, Rabbi Denise Eger, CCAR, Reform Judaism, Vayikra, Anat Hoffman

March 23
Food Fight

Tags: Election, gender segregation, gender discrimination, Reuven Rivlin, IDF, Israeli Defense Forces, military, Anat Hoffman, army, Tzav

March 30
Hope in shmutz

Tags: Convert, conversion, immigration, Law of Return, olim, Aliyah, LGBTQ, Mimouna, election, WZO, World Zionist Organization, modesty signs, Anat Hoffman

April 13
The Passover Redemption

Tags: Passover, Pesach, Morocco, Mimouna, Mofletta, North Africa, WZO, World Zionist Organization, gender discrimination, airplane, flight, Anat Hoffman

April 20
Your First Time

Tags: Convert, Ethiopia, immigration, citizenship, ARZA, Association of Reform Zionists of America, WZO, World Zionist Organization, airline, airplane, flight, Anat Hoffman, Supreme Court

April 27
The Torah that made history

Tags: Western Wall, Kotel, Western Wall Heritage Foundation, Torah, Shmuel Rabinovitch, Natan Sharansky, Women of the Wall, Anat Hoffman

May 4
The Chametz Police

Tags: Passover, Pesach, security, chametz, disabled, Bat Mitzvah, Bar Mitzvah, Women of the Wall, Behar, Anat Hoffman

May 11
Operation Moses Revisited

Tags: Operation Moses, police, Ethiopia, IDF, Israeli Defense Forces, soldier, racism, profiling, Coalition Against Racism, immigrant, kosher, kashrut, Anat Hoffman

May 17
Monopolies Aren't Kosher

Tags: Chief Rabbinate, kosher, kashrut, Anat Hoffman

May 25
A Modern Day Ruth

Tags: Russia, immigrant, Anat Hoffman, Ruth, deport, LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim

June 1
Round Three

Tags: Bet Shemesh, Anat Hoffman, modesty signs, LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, convert, gender discrimination, gender segregation, Behaalotecha

June 8
What's Fair is Fair

Tags: Preschool, Anat Hoffman, education, school, Kollel, childcare, Childcare Subsidy Law, ARZA, Association of Reform Zionists of America, WZO, World Zionist Organization, Shelach Lecha

June 15
Roll up your sleeves

Tags: Europe, justice, Korach, Anat Hoffman

June 23
Fight fire with justice

Tags: Fire, arson, Anat Hoffman, church, The Church of the Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes, Chief Rabbi, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hukat

June 29
Every signature counts

Tags: Rabbi Rick Jacobs, fire, arson, Anat Hoffman, church, The Church of the Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes, Balak, cemetery, burial, funeral, gender segregation

July 6
Racism and Gender in Israel

Tags: Knesset, Danny Danon, racism, gender discrimination, cemetery, burial, funeral, Pinchas, Anat Hoffman

July 13
Lemons into "Limonana"

Tags: Anat Hoffman, David Azoulay, Moshe Gafni, Benjamin Netanyahu, gender discrimination, racism, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, kippa, Kotel, Western Wall

July 19
The Waze of Justice

Tags: WAZE, Ethiopia, deport, citizen, LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, Anat Hoffman, IDF, Israeli Defense Forces, racism, Devarim

July 27
The good news starts on page 75

Tags: Gender discrimination, gender segregation, report, V’etchanan, Anat Hoffman

July 31
A tale of love and darkness

Tags: Lehava, racism, price tag, arson, fire, Anat Hoffman

August 3
A Song for Shira

Tags: LGBTQ, Jerusalem March for Pride and Tolerance, Zion Square, stabbing, Jerusalem Open House, Shira Banki, Anat Hoffman

August 9
Weed Whackers

Tags: Terrorist, Bentzi Gopstein, Lehava, racism, church, arson, LGBTQ, Re’eh, Anat Hoffman

August 16
Released on Bail

Tags: LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, IDF, Israeli Defense Forces, Ministry of the Interior, deport, deportation, racism, Ethiopia, immigrant, immigration, Lehava, LGBTQ, Pride, Anat Hoffman, Nicole Maor

August 24
There's No Business Like Showbusiness

Tags: Apartment to Rent, racism, theatre, Rabbi Yocheved Mintz, Anat Hoffman

September 21
Court-Ordered Prayer

Tags: Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashana, Congregation Yovel, Rabbi Myra Hovav, Anat Hoffman, Gedera

September 27
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Tags: Sukkot, Ushpizin, racism, Anat Hoffman

October 12
A stone-throw away

Tags: Coalition Against Racism, racism, stabbing, bombing, terrorist, terrorism, Rabbi Yosef Elitzur, violence, Anat Hoffman

October 19
Heroes of Health

Tags: Nahariya, Medical Center of the Galilee, healthcare, coexistence, shared society, Anat Hoffman

October 26
Simple Common Sense

Tags: Arabic, calendar, segregation, Nation-State Bill, Anat Hoffman

November 2
Gifts for the Living

Tags: Yitzchak Rabin, assassination, peace, Bill Clinton, Reuven Rivlin, Chayei Sarah, Anat Hoffman

November 9
Give us Hope

Tags: Orlando, Florida, URJ, Union for Reform Judaism, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, Toldot, Anat Hoffman

November 16
A Diaspora Rabbi in Jerusalem

Tags: WZC, World Zionist Congress, WZO, World Zionist Organization, violence, Vayetze, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, Anat Hoffman

November 23
May's Legacy

Tags: May Peleg, LGBTQ, transgender, Pride, burial, cremation, Vayishlach, IMPJ, Rabbi Noa Sattath, The Israel Movement for Progressive and Reform Judaism

December 1
A lesson in loving the stranger

Tags: Giving Tuesday, violence, Vayeishev, Anat Hoffman

December 7
Happy Tears

Tags: ID card, Ethiopia, immigrant, Aliyah, LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, Falashmura, conversion, convert, Ministry of the Interior, Mikeitz, Anat Hoffman

December 14
A Real Class Act(tion)

Tags: Kol Barama, radio, Kotel, Western Wall, Hanukkah, appeal, Supreme Court, Anat Hoffman, Yoram Danziger

December 21
Path to the Dark Side

Tags: Reuven Rivlin, incitement, Im Tirtzu, racism, The King’s Torah, Torat Hamelech, Lehava, Veyechi, Anat Hoffman

December 28
How's My Driving?

Tags: Lehava, Knesset, bill, human rights, Sh’mot, Anat Hoffman

December 30
How Do You Say Tikkun Olam in Hebrew?

Tags: Tikkun Olam, Anat Hoffman

December 31
Our hearts are in the same place

Tags: Happy New Year, Anat Hoffman