2016 Issues of the Pluralist
January 5
Your Suitcase to Israel
Tags: Racism, IDF, Israeli Defense Forces, Vayeira, Anat Hoffman
January 11
Our Day in Court
Tags: Modesty signs, Bet Shemesh, Jude David Gidoni, Bo, Anat Hoffman, Orly Erez-Likhovski, Judge Yogal Marzel
January 18
If I had a Sandblaster
Tags: Dormition Abbey, vandalism, Lehava, Bentzi Gopstein, graffiti, Kolech, Dafna Meir, Beshalach, Anat Hoffman
January 25
Disposable Relatives
Tags: Ministry of the Interior, LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, citizenship, Anat Hoffman
February 8
The Kotel's Aftershocks
Tags: Kotel, Western Wall, Benjamin Netanyahu, Terumah, Anat Hoffman, Meir Porush, Moshe Gafni, Yariv Levin
February 15
Persona Non Grata
Tags: Ehud Olmert, prison, bribery, arrest, obstruction of justice, corruption, Yariv Levin, Tetzaveh, Anat Hoffman
February 22
Bobbing for Justice
Tags: Mikveh, converts, conversion, Chief Rabbinate, religious equality, IMPJ, Israel Movement for Progressive and Reform Judaism, ritual bath, Anat Hoffman
February 27
Fasten Your Seatbelts
Tags: Renee Rabinowitz, El Al, airplane, flight, gender discrimination, gender segregation, Anat Hoffman
March 7
We're Airborne
Tags: El Al, airplane, Renee Rabinowitz, flight gender discrimination, gender segregation, Pikudei, Rabbi Noa Sattath
March 14
Pounding the Table
Tags: Western Wall, Kotel mikveh, ritual bath converts, conversion, CCAR, Rabbi Gilad Kariv, Supreme Court, Benjamin Netanyahu, Kulanu, Habayit Hayehudi, Rabbi Noa Sattath, Anat Hoffman
March 21
How Big is Your Gragger?
Tags: Purim, David Azoulay, religious equality, Anat Hoffman
March 30
Adapting Adoption
Tags: Parenthood, unmarried, marriage, LGBTQ, ADL, Anti-Defamation League, Shemini, Anat Hoffman
April 4
We're Next
Tags: Rabbi Karelitz, Rabbi Frank, Law of Return, conversion, convert, Chief Rabbinate, Anat Hoffman
April 11
Wedding Gifts to Remember
Tags: Mikveh, wedding, ritual bath, Chief Rabbinate, WRJ, Women of Reform Judaism, segregation, Metzora, Anat Hoffman
April 18
Bring Forth the Day
Tags: Yeshiva, subsidy, Knesset, Women of the Wall, Western Wall, Kotel, Anat Hoffman, Supreme Court
May 8
Because I'm Happy
Tags: Yom Ha’atzmaut, Anat Hoffman, Rabbi Noa Sattath, Orly Erez-Likhovski, Karen Saar, Ian Chesir-Teran, Ruti Carmi
May 16
A Tribute to a Leader
Tags: Rabbi Reuven Samuels, IMPJ, Israeli Council of Progressive Rabbis, Anat Hoffman, Israel Movement for Progressive and Reform Judaism
May 23
Stop the Villain
Tags: Bentzi Gopstein, Lehava, racism, Anat Hoffman, arson
May 30
Seeds of Hope
Tags: Bentzi Gopstein, Lehava, racism, ADL, Anti-Defamation League, Bamidbar, Anat Hoffman
June 6
Impossible is Nothing
Tags: Western Wall, Kotel, Women of the Wall, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, Naso, Anat Hoffman
June 8
Important Kotel Update
Tags: Kotel, Western Wall, Lesley Sachs, Women of the Wall, IMPJ, Rabbi Noa Sattath, Rabbi Gilad Kariv, Israel Movement for Progressive and Reform Judaism
June 14
In Hot Water
Tags: Mikveh, ritual bath, IMPJ, Israel Movement for Progressive and Reform Judaism, Rabbi Gilad Kariv, Behaalotecha, David Bitan, Anat Hoffman
June 20
Off the Wall
Tags: Western Wall, Kotel, Bet Shemesh modesty signs, Anat Hoffman
June 26
Closing Marriage Loopholes
Tags: Marriage, LGBTQ, LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, immigration, Aliyah, Pride, modesty signs, Anat Hoffman
July 4
The Antidote to Apathy
Tags: Kotel, Western Wall, Elie Wiesel, Anat Hoffman
July 11
Just Do It
Tags: Western Wall, Kotel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Chukat, Anat Hoffman
July 18
Pride and Prejudice
Tags: Pride, LGBTQ, Jerusalem March for Pride and Tolerance, Shira Banki, Be’er Sheva, Pinchas, Rabbi Noa Sattath
July 25
Changing Bathing Suits
Tags: Ritual bath, mikveh, convert, conversion, LGBTQ, Anat Hoffman, Supreme Court
August 1
Giving Common Sense the Time of Day
Tags: Pride, Jerusalem March for Pride and Tolerance, LGBTQ, core curriculum, schools, Anat Hoffman, mikveh, ritual bath, convert, conversion, poverty, Naftali Bennett, Education
August 8
The Status Quo is Harming Shabbat
Tags: Transportation, Shabbat, Israel Katz, halacha, Anat Hoffman, Supreme Court
August 15
I'll Be Right Back
Tags: Mikveh, ritual bath, Anat Hoffman
September 5
The Little Engine That Couldn't
Tags: Train, railway, Shabbat, transportation, Anat Hoffman, Knesset
September 12
Stop the Presses!
Tags: Immigrant, immigration, Law of Return, citizenship, visa, Aliyah, LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, Anat Hoffman
September 19
Get Your Own Chestnuts
Tags: Kotel, Western Wall, Orly Erez-Likhovski, Supreme Court, Anat Hoffman, Jewish Heritage Foundation, gender discrimination, Miriam Naor, Elyakim Rubinstein
September 24
Join Our Kotel Campaign!
Tags: Western Wall, Kotel, URJ, Union for Reform Judaism, IMPJ, Israel Movement for Progressive and Reform Judaism, Benjamin Netanyahu, Anat Hoffman, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, Rabbi Dan Freelander, Rabbi Gilad Kariv, Rabbi Steve Fox, Rabbi Aaron Penken, Rabbi Josh Weinberg
September 26
Help the Kotel Campaign Grow!
Tags: Western Wall, Kotel, Anat Hoffman
October 2
IRAC's New Year's Resolution
Tags: Shana Tova, Western Wall, Kotel, Anat Hoffman
October 10
The Sky's the Limit?
Tags: Flight, airplane, gender discrimination, gender segregation, Women of Reform Judaism, WRJ, El Al, Port Authority, New York, New Jersey, airport, Anat Hoffman
October 31
We've Got it on Tape
Tags: Lehava, racism, attack, Bentzi Gopstein, Western Wall, Kotel, Anat Hoffman
November 2
Violence at the Western Wall
Tags: Western Wall, Kotel, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, Rabbi Steve Warnick, Torah, violence, Anat Hoffman, Rabbi Gilad Kariv, Rabbi Noa Sattath
November 7
Emergency Knesset Hearing on the Kotel
Tags: Aryeh Deri, Western Wall, Kotel, Knesset, Rabbi Noa Sattath
November 14
Need a Hug?
Tags: Racism, Lehava, xenophobia, Anat Hoffman
November 21
Stand Against Hate
Tags: Mosques, racism, nationalism, Muslims, Islam, Islamophobia, Muezzin, LGBTQ, Anat Hoffman, Jerusalem, Rabbi Shlomo Amar
November 24
Death Threats Against Us!
Tags: Kehillat Ra’anan, Ra’anana, Rabbi Gilad Kariv, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, graffiti, death threats, vandalism, Anat Hoffman
November 28
We Stand With Kehillat Ra'anan
Tags: Kehillat Ra’anan, Ra’anana, graffiti, death threats, vandalism, Kotel, Western Wall, Anat Hoffman
December 5
Who is a Jew?
Tags: Converts, conversion, Law of Return, Knesset, Rabbi Noa Sattath
December 12
IRAC is Defeating Racism
Tags: Bentzi Gopstein, Lehava, Torat Hamelech, The King’s Torah, Rabbi Yosef Elizur, Anat Hoffman, Supreme Court
December 26
We Need You in 2017!
Tags: Kotel, Western Wall, Anat Hoffman