2022 Issues of the Pluralist
January 3
Action by the Numbers
A review of IRAC's 2021 activities in numbers
Tags: 2022, 2021, activities, numbers, Anat Hoffman
January 10
The Western Wall Belongs to us All!
Tags: Western Wall, government, Knesset, coalition, Cabinet Secretary, Anat Hoffman
January 17
We Stand With Congregation Beth Israel
Tags: Congregation Beth Israel, Anat Hoffman
January 24
The Price of Violence
Combatting Jewish extremist violence against Palestinians
Tags: Palestinians, Rabbis for Human Rights, violence, Jewish extremism, brutality, Ministry of Homeland Security, Price Tag attacks, Knesset, Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, incitement, Anat Hoffman
January 31
Gender Segregation on Wheels
IRAC combats gender segregation on buses
Tags: Emanuel, Tnufa, gender segregation, buses, public transportation, Supreme Court, Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Justice, Deputy Attorney General, Bet Shemesh, Anat Hoffman
February 7
Hate Speech Off the Air
Combatting anti-reform incitement on public radio
Tags: Irit Linur, Reform Movement, incitement, hate speech, Galatz, Army Radio, Lev Tahor, cult, Minister of Defense, Benny Gantz, IDF Chief of Staff, Aviv Kochavi, protest, demonstration,
February 14
Love and [Civil] Marriage
IRAC advancing freedom of choice in marriage
Tags: Weddings, marriage, freedom of choice, civil marriage, Chief Rabbinate, common-law couples, Panim, Knesset, Anat Hoffman
February 21
Home Sweet Home?
A conversion update
Tags: Conversion, Supreme Court, Ministry of the Interior, Reform, Conservative, Anat Hoffman
March 1
Partners on the Inside
Meeting with PM Naftali Bennet, and other government officials
Tags: PM Naftali Bennet, President Isaac Herzog, Foreign Affairs Minister Yair Lapid, Minister of Justice Gideon Sa’ar, Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, Minister of Diaspora Affairs Nachman Shai, Western Wall, Lehava, public transportation on Shabbat, civil burial, Israel-Diaspora relations, democracy, Ukraine, Orly Erez-Likhovski
March 7
Celebrating Women Every Day
IRAC advancing gender equality in Israel
Tags: International Women's Day, gender equality, gender discrimination, defacement, IPV, Intimate Partner Violence, gender segregation, public transportation, freedom of movement, profiling, modesty signs, Peggy Parnes, Kol Barama, Bet Shemesh, Renee Rabinowitz, El Al, burial, Nur Bar-On, Egged, bus, hijab, rights on flights, Anat Hoffman
March 14
IRAC Aids Ukrainian Refugees
Tags: Ukraine, war, refugees, converts, aid, olim, Legal Aid Center for Olim, LACO, Nicole Maor, Anat Hoffman
March 21
Lowering the Profiling
IRAC's findings about racial profiling in Israel
Tags: Racial Profiling, Racism Crisis Center, Arab Israelis, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Anat Hoffman
March 28
How You Can Become an Action Hero
Join our Action Hero Club for Monthly Donors
Tags: Action Hero Club, monthly donations, Anat Hoffman
April 4
Happy Birthday, Anat!
Tags: IRAC achievements, 20 year challenge, Anat Hoffman, Orly Erez-Likhovski
April 11
Follow the Bread Crumbs
Tags: Politics, government, chametz, bread, passover, pesach, hospital, Supreme Court, Minister of Health Nitzan Horowitz, MK Idit Silman, religious freedom, Anat Hoffman
April 25
A Mother's Journey to Freedom
Tags: Intimate Partner Violence, IPV, immigration, Legal Aid Center for Olim, LACO, domestic violence, Supreme Court, Ministry of the Interior, Noa Diamond, freedom, victory, Anat Hoffman
May 16
We Are Not Invisible
Combatting the exclusion of women's images in health clinics
Tags: Crowdfunding campaign, thank you, women, gender equality, health clinic, petition, Maccabi HMO, Orly Erez-Likhovski
May 25
If You Play With Fire…
Working to remove Lehava from the streets of Jerusalem
Tags: Lehava, Jerusalem, incitement, violence, police, racism, enforcement, Anat Hoffman
May 31
20 Years of PRIDE in Jerusalem!
Tags: Pride, Jerusalem Open House, 20 years, defacement, LGBTQ, Anat Hoffman
June 7
"Your People Shall be my People"
IRAC supporting converts this Shavuot
Tags: conversion, Ukraine, Beit Din, Aliyah, olim, LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, Shavuot, Book of Ruth, Anat Hofman
June 13
Derailing Gender Exclusion
A legal victory against Israel Railways!
Tags: Gender exclusion, Israel Railways, Maya Melitz, Israel Women's Network, Anat Hoffman
June 20
A Week to Remember
IRAC, the URJ Leadership Mission to Israel, and the IMPJ Biennial
Tags: IMPJ, URJ, Knesset, Lauren Puris, Rabbi Gilad Kariv, Mansour Abbas, United Arab Party, Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli, President Isaac Herzog, Western Wall, Supreme Court, Orly Erez-Likhovski, Nicole Maor, Elyakim Rubinstein, Biennial, 35 years of IRAC, conversion, Anat Hoffman
June 27
The Ultimate Form of Patriotism
Tags: patriotism, social justice, social change, advice, tips, Roe v. Wade, politics, Anat Hoffman
July 5
Bar Mitzvah: Interrupted
Chaos at the Kotel last Thursday
Tags: Kotel, Western Wall, Ezrat Yisrael, egalitarian platform, Bar Mitzvah, prayer, ultra-Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, chaos, disrupt, police, violence, incitement, PM Lapid, Anat Hoffman
July 11
Modesty is Invisibility
Acting against modesty signs throughout Israel
Tags: Modesty signs, Pardes Chana, Bet Shemesh, Supreme Court, Haifa, Ashdod, Jerusalem, Attorney General, Authority for the Advancement of the Status of Women, grassroots action, gender equality, gender discrimination, Anat Hoffman
July 18
Israel is My Home. Don’t Deport Me!
Help Keep Israeli Children in Israel
Tags: Legal Aid Center for Olim, LACO, deport, Israeli children, foreign mothers, Intimate Partner Violence, IPV, naturalization, Inter-Ministerial Committee for Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry of the Interior, letter writing campaign, Anat Hoffman
July 25
Don't Let Her Lose More
Israel is Tasha's home, don't let her be deported!
Tags: Legal Aid Center for Olim, LACO, deport, Israeli children, foreign mothers, naturalization, Inter-Ministerial Committee for Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry of the Interior, letter writing campaign, Anat Hoffman
August 1
It's Travel Season: Know Your Rights on Flights
Rabbi Noa Sattath's gender discrimination experience on United Airlines
Tags: United Airlines, Rabbi Noa Sattath, rights on flights, gender discrimination, Renee Rabinowitz, Melanie Wolfson, El Al, easyJet, Anat Hoffman
August 9
Don't Invite a Monster into Your Home
IRAC's recent report on incitement
Tags: Incitement, racism, violence, Tisha B'av, Attorney General, State Attorney, police, enforcement, Rabbi Yosef Elitzur, Bentzi Gopstein, Anat Hoffman
August 15
Not Just a Slip of the Tongue
Kahanist Michael Ben Ari to be indicted for racist incitement
Tags: Michael Ben Ari, incitement, racism, State Attorney, Supreme Court, Esther Hayut, indictment, disqualification, violence, hate speech, Anat Hoffman
August 22
We Will Not be Blacked Out
Advancing gender equality in the public domain
Tags: Merav Michaeli, defacement, Jerusalem, vandalism, gender discrimination, gender exclusion, Maya Melitz, Nur Bar-On, Ministry of Transportation, public transportation, Anat Hoffman
August 29
A Home For The (High) Holidays
Tags: Congregation Yuval-Gedera, synagogue, legal battle, court, land allocation, Anat Hoffman
September 5
Out From Behind Closed Doors
Israel is my Home, Don't Deport Me campaign update
Tags: Legal Aid Center for Olim, LACO, deport, Israeli children, foreign mothers, Intimate Partner Violence, IPV, naturalization, Inter-Ministerial Committee for Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry of the Interior, letter writing campaign, Minister of the Interior, Ayelet Shaked, Population and Immigration Authority, Tomer Moskovitch, Anat Hoffman
September 12
Announcing my Retirement
Tags: retirement, Anat Hoffman
September 19
IRAC's Rosh Hashana Gift to You!
Tags: Rosh Hashana, travel guide, Anat Hoffman, Orly Erez-Likhovski
October 3
A New Year, A New Start
Tags: Reform Conversion, Supreme Court, Legal Aid Center for Olim, LACO, Jews by Choice, legal status, Ministry of Interior
October 24
LGBTQ+ Discrimination is Not in Our Nature
Nature does not discriminate. Neither should the Israel Parks and Nature Authority.
Tags: LGBTQ, Parks and Nature Authority, discrimination, same-sex families, discriminatory treatment
October 31
Here We Go Again
Tags: election, democracy, pluralism, and equality, Knesset committees
November 7
Pushing Forward
We will always keep working towards a better Israel
Tags: election, new government, Ultra-Orthodox, kashrut, Chief Rabbinate, Supreme Court, LGBTQ+ community, racism, Reform movement, pluralism, equality
November 14
Conversion on Our Minds
Jews by Choice deserve their rights
Tags: Conversion, new government, Likud, Netanyahu, Orthodox, Reform conversion, Law of Return, Jews by Choice
November 21
A Not-So-Happy Birthday
Olena should be celebrating with her family
Tags: Ukraine, Covid-19 pandemic, aliyah, citizenship, Ministry of the Interior, temporary resident, war zone, Legal Aid Center for Olim, LACO
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November 28
Turning Fire Into Light
We act against racism
Tags: Price Tag, Arabs, Abu Ghosh, Ein Nakuba, racist attack, coexistence, Tag Meir, demonstration, racism, incitement, Mevasseret Zion, Samah Darwish, Racism Crisis Center, RCC,
December 6
Discrimination Doesn't Pay. Literally
Wherever it happens, we will stop gender discrimination
Tags: Achievements, discrimination, victory, Behadrei Haredim, Reform Movement, Conservative Movement, Women of the Wall, women’s faces, apology, Anna Kislanski, Orly Erez Likhovski, Tal Abitbul, burial, segregation,
December 12
Replacing Despair With Action
Tags: democracy, homophobia, misogyny, Grandchild Clause, Supreme Court, Benjamin Netanyahu, Override Bill, Knesset
December 20
Imagine Light Amidst the Darkness
Racism is a scourge. We will keep fighting it.
Tags: End-of-year, Racism Crisis Center, RCC, Chanukkah, racial profiling, Abu Ghosh rally
December 26
The Stranger, the Orphan, and the Widow
LACO lawyers help Israel's most vulnerable.
Tags: End-of-year, Legal Aid Center for Olim, Intimate Partner Violence, aliyah, legal status, immigration, Ukraine, LGBTQ+, converts, family reunification
December 30
We Give You Our Word(s)
Last Chance to Support IRAC's Work for a Better 2023
Tags: End-of-year, 2022-2023, word cloud, Israel, Women, Reform, Victory, Jewish, Ultra-Orthodox, support