January 6
IRAC Combats Doublethink

Tags: Jewish Identity Administration, Ministry of Religious Services, the Israel Movement for Progressive and Reform Judaism, IMPJ, Shabbat, LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, Orly Erez-Likhovski, Anat Hoffman

January 13
Father Jewish, Mother…less

Tags: Siberia, Russia, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, olim, Law of Return, immigrant, immigration, Aliyah, LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, Anat Hoffman

January 21
IRAC Strikes Gold

Tags: Rabbi Miri Gold, salaries, Rabbi, Shoham, World Zionist Congress, WZC, Benjamin Netanyahu, Anat Hoffman

January 27
"What Can I Do For Israel?"

Tags: World Zionist Congress, WZC, World Zionist Organization, WZO, the Jewish Agency for Israel, the Jewish National Fund, JNF, Keren Hayesod, Anat Hoffman

February 3
Now You See Me?

Tags: Hijab, security, Racism Crisis Center, RCC, racism, PSA, Public Service Announcement, Channel 13, discrimination, Anat Hoffman

February 10
IRAC Teaches a Lesson

Tags: Ministry of Education, Daphne Barak-Erez, education, schools, Ministry of Religious Services, Anat Hoffman

February 17
IRAC Railroads Israel Railways

Tags: Train, Maya Melitz, railcar, Israel Railways, gender discrimination, gender segregation, Anat Hoffman

Photo credit: Shalev Shalom

February 25
By Any Other Name

Tags: Gett Taxi, Gett Mehadrin, racism, Jerusalem, discrimination, Anat Hoffman

March 2
Anything You Can Do

Tags: Elections, Knesset, WZC, World Zionist Congress, Anat Hoffman

March 9
Together Apart

Tags: Coronavirus, livestream, prayer, Zoom, WZC, World Zionist Congress, COVID-19, Anat Hoffman

March 16
Mother and Son Reunion

Tags: Social distancing, quarantine, Coronavirus, Philippines, naturalization, citizenship, convert, conversion, immigrant immigration, Aliyah, olim, LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, Ministry of the Interior, Immigration Tribunal, COVID-19, Anat Hoffman

March 25
Social Justicing While Social Distancing

Tags: Democracy, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Knesset, Likud, Yuli Edelstein, Facebook, Anat Hoffman

March 31
Our Lodestars

Tags: Naturalization, domestic abuse, LACO Legal Aid Center for Olim, Passover, Pesach, Anat Hoffman

April 7
A Modern Day Passover Story

Tags: Visa, Nepal, COVID-19, Coronavirus, Nicole Maor, LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, domestic abuse, Passover, Pesach, Anat Hoffman

April 20
Eternal Optimists

Tags: Social distancing, racism, COVID-19, Coronavirus, Price Tag, Anat Hoffman

April 29
Celebrating Truths

Tags: Social distancing, Independence Day, Yom Ha’atzmaut, Zoom, webinar, Anat Hoffman

May 4
Carrying a Torch

Tags: Chani Lifshitz, Chabad, Nepal, Chabad Rabbinical Court, Yom Ha’atzmaut, Independence Day, Anat Hoffman

May 5
It's All About You

Tags: Giving Tuesday Now, thank you, Anat Hoffman

May 11
Three Babies and a Statement

Tags: Three Weddings and a Statement, wedding, marriage, Temple Emanu-El, New York, Washington DC, Washington Hebrew Congregation, interfaith, LGBTQ, parents, babies, Anat Hoffman

May 18
Come Government or High Water

Tags: Taha Muhammad Ali, poem, coalition, Knesset, ministers, ministries, Supreme Court, Anat Hoffman

May 25
Saying Goodbye to a Hero

Tags: Renee Rabinowitz, Aliyah, immigrant, Holocaust, El Al, flight, airplane, gender segregation, gender discrimination, Anat Hoffman

June 1
IRAC Seizes a Rare Opportunity

Tags: Racism, profiling, hijabs, workplace, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, Anat Hoffman

June 8
IRAC's Footwork for Democracy

Tags: Knesset, protest, police, COVID-19 Coronavirus, Anat Hoffman

June 15
IRAC Proudly Presents

Tags: Ofer Erez, Pride, LGBTQ, transgender, IDF, Israeli Defense Forces, Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance, Anat Hoffman

June 22
Taking Gender Segregation to the Grave

Tags: Edna Shemesh, funeral, burial, cemetery, Anat Hoffman

June 29
Flagging Down Intolerance

Tags: Pride, Jerusalem’s Annual March for Pride and Tolerance, LGBTQ, American Embassy, flags, homophobia, Arieh King, Orly Erez-Likhovski, COVID-19, Coronavirus, Anat Hoffman

July 6
From Iraq to IRAC

Tags: Citizenship, Kurdistan, Iraq, Saddam Hussein, residency, immigration, immigrant, Aliyah, ISIS, Ministry of the Interior, Legal Aid Center for Olim, LACO, Anat Hoffman

July 13
Doctor's Orders and a New Webinar

Tags: COVID-19, Coronavirus, hotels, quarantine, ethnicity, racism, segregation, IDF, Racism Crisis Center, RCC, Heroes of Health, Anat Hoffman, Rabbi Noa Sattath

July 20
You Can't Be What You Can't See

Tags: Gender segregation, gender discrimination, health clinic, medical treatment, advertisement, doctors, nurses, HMOs, Ramot, Jerusalem, Bet Shemesh, Anat Hoffman

July 27
Another Family Reunited

Tags: COVID-19, Coronavirus, LACO Legal Aid Center for Olim, Belgium, visa, conversion, convert, family reunification, Anat Hoffman

August 3
Groom, Bride and Prejudice in Jerusalem

Tags: COVID-19, Coronavirus, wedding, marriage, Chief Rabbinate, Reform Movement, Haggai and Mor, LGBTQ, Ofer Erez, Municipality of Jerusalem, Anat Hoffman

August 10
Censoring the Phone Book

Tags: The Music Man, Trouble, Kosher cell phones, Haredim, Ultra-Orthodox, censorship, the Rabbinical Committee of Communications, monopoly, Minister of Communication, Competition Authority, Registrar of Associations, Anat Hoffman

August 17
How IRAC is Helping Reform Congregations in Israel

Tags: IMPJ, the Israel Movement for Progressive and Reform Judaism, Reform congregations, Covid-19, Coronavirus, discrimination, Yuval Gedera Congregation, Kehilat Bavat Haayin, Rosh Haayin Kehilat Shoham, Kodesh VeChol, Holon, equality, pluralism, synagogues, Paula Edelstein, Anat Hoffman

August 25
The Ministry of the Interior Shows its True Colors

Tags: Emerging Jewish communities, Abayudaya, Uganda, Jews of the Amazon, Peru, Adat Israel, Guatemala, LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, converts, conversion, Reform Movement, Conservative Movement, WUPJ, World Union for Progressive Judaism, Jews of color, Supreme Court, Ministry of the Interior, Aliyah, Yosef Kibita, Jewish Agency for Israel, Israeli citizens, Diaspora Jewry, wedding, Municipality of Jerusalem, LGBTQ, Chief Rabbinate, Anat Hoffman

August 31
Gender Discrimination Made Easy (Jet)

Tags: Melanie Wolfson, Rights on Flights, gender discrimination, Easy Jet, Ultra-Orthodox, Haredim, Renee Rabinowitz, El Al, Ruth Messinger, Genesis Prize, Anat Hoffman

September 7
A Taste of Their Own Medicine

Tags: COVID-19, Coronavirus, incitement, Ultra-Orthodox, Haredim, Yisrael Eichler, Moshe Gafni, Yaacov Asher, Reform Movement, Conservative Movement, Women of the Wall, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, pandemic, Ruth Messinger, Genesis Prize, Anat Hoffman

September 14
A Giant Leap Towards Reform Recognition in Israel

Tags: Covid-19, Coronavirus, neighborhood rabbis, Kehilat Shoham, Reform congregations, Rosh Hashana, Supreme Court, victory, land allocation, Anat Hoffman

September 17
Swimming Against the Current in the New Year

Tags: Rosh Hashana, Shana Tova, swimming, Anat Hoffman

September 22
We Dissent

Tags: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, dissent, court loss, hijab, racial profiling, Israel Railways, police discrimination, racism, Racism Crisis Center, RCC, appeal, Anat Hoffman

October 12
Holding Public Servants Accountable

Tags: Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, Supreme Court, victory, disciplinary action, city rabbi, incitement, Arabs, women, LGBTQ, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, Chief Justice Miriam Naor, Chief Justice Esther Hayut, Safed, Justice Alex Stein, Justice Yitzhak Amit, Ayelet Shaked, Amir Ohana, Anat Hoffman

October 19
License to Discriminate

Tags: Driver's license, Legal Aid Center for Olim, LACO, conversion, discrimination, Jews by Choice, Jews by Birth, Ministry of Transportation, Population and Immigration Authority, Licensing Authority, Anat Hoffman

October 20
Urgent: Take Action to Prevent the Right Wing Coalition in the World Zionist Congress

Tags: World Zionist Congress, right wing, National Zionist Movements, Likud, Benjamin Netanyahu, emergency, take action, Anat Hoffman

October 26
Getting Away With Covid

Tags: COVID-19, lockdown, yeshivas, Ultra-Orthodox Leaders, Shas, Aryeh Deri, Benjamin Netanyahu, Anat Hoffman

November 2
Which is Worse: Reform Jews or Atomic Bombs?

Tags: Anti-Reform incitement, Rabbi Ya'akov Avitan, Minister of Religious Services, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, Attorney General, pluralism, Anat Hoffman

November 9
The Promised Wall in the Promised Land

Tags: Kotel, Western Wall, Chief Justice Esther Hayut, Supreme Court, Reform Movement, Conservative Movement, Women of the Wall, pluralism, Anat Hoffman

November 16
Pizza Hut Crosses the Line

Tags: Racism, cross, Pizza Hut, Racism Crisis Center, RCC, doctor, Dr. Mansour Khoury, Beilinson Hospital, lawsuit, small claims court, Anat Hoffman

November 23
Mitzvah with a BBQ Brush

Tags: Racism, graffiti, racial equality, Father Nicodemus Claudius Schnabel, Dormition Abbey, Rabbi Noa Sattath, Anat Hoffman

December 1
The Most Influential Israeli in the World

Tags: Yuval Noah Harari, Giving Tuesday, Anat Hoffman

December 7
Keeping Women in the Picture

Tags: Gender equality, gender discrimination, HMOs, Dr. Shlomit Avni, Health Inequalities Unit, Ministry of Health, gender exclusion, Nur Bar-On, Egged, Ministry of Transportation, Easy Jet, Melanie Wolfson, Israel Railways, Maya Melitz, Anat Hoffman

December 14
Let's Increase the Light

Tags: Hanukkah, Reform Judaism, Conservative Judaism, pluralism, anti-Reform incitement, Rabbi Ya'akov Avitan, Minister of Religious Services, Progressive Judaism, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, Rabbi David Yosef, state funding towards rabbis, Jewish Identity Administration, Love Shabbat, Anat Hoffman

December 21
There’s No Place Like Home

2020 achievements of the Legal Aid Center for Olim (LACO)

Tags: Immigration, immigrants, Legal Aid Center for Olim, LACO, convert, conversion, Ministry of the Interior, family reunification, 2020 achievements, Anat Hoffman

December 28
Like a Fiddler on the Roof

YOU are our greatest source of TIKVAH

Tags: Democracy, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, Michael Ben-Ari, racist incitement, synagogues, Kehillat Shoham, Holon, Kodesh VeChol, Legal Aid Center for Olim, LACO, Tikvah, Hope, Anat Hoffman