2018 Issues of the Pluralist

January 8
IRAC Takes on Gender Segregation in Higher Education

Tags: Library, gender segregation, gender exclusion, education, college, university, modesty, Anat Hoffman

January 15
Supreme Court Hearing on the Kotel

Tags: Women of the Wall, Western Wall, Kotel, Supreme Court, Rabbi Gilad Kariv, Anat Hoffman, Rabbi Noa Sattath, Orly Erez-Likhovski

January 22
IRAC Saves Samuel

Tags: Ukraine, Samuel Gumeniuk, Knesset, adoption, Aliyah, Law of Return, immigrant, immigration, deportation, LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, Ministry of the Interior, Anat Hoffman

January 28
Stop the Expulsion of African Asylum Seekers!

Tags: Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, Eritrea, Sudan, Africa, refugees, asylum, deportation, El Al, Holocaust, Anat Hoffman

February 5
IRAC Introduces the Voluntary Code for Equality and Diversity

Tags: Workplace, racism, Heroes of Health, Africa, asylum, refugees, deportation, Voluntary Code for Equality and Diversity in the Workplace, Coalition Against Racism, Tmura, The Israeli Anti-Discrimination Legal Center, Anat Hoffman

February 12
IRAC Fights to Keep Families of Lone Soldiers Together

Tags: Aliyah, immigrant, Uzbekistan, Law of Return, paratrooper, IDF, Israeli Defense Forces, Lone Soldier, LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, Anat Hoffman

February 19
IRAC Introduces: How to Document Racism

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February 26
Happy Purim from IRAC!

Tags: Purim, gender discrimination, modesty signs, Supreme Court, Bet Shemesh, Anat Hoffman

March 5
IRAC Chips Away at the Ultra-Orthodox Monopoly

Tags: Kosher, Kashrut Inspector, inspection, Chief Rabbinate, corruption, monopoly, Tzohar Rabbinical Association, Anat Hoffman

March 12
IRAC's Pesach Cleaning

Tags: Pesach, Passover, Avodah Ivrit, Hebrew Labor, jobs, racism, discrimination, website, Anat Hoffman

March 19
Know Your Rights on Flights this Passover

Tags: Avodah Ivrit, jobs, website, Hebrew Labor, Passover, Pesach, flight, airplane, Renee Rabinowitz, El Al, gender segregation, gender discrimination, Anat Hoffman

March 26
Happy Passover from IRAC

Tags: Rabbi Yisrael Greenberger, Dayan, Passover, Pesach, Petach Tikvah, chametz, Kashrut, kosher, asylum, refugees, Africa, Anat Hoffman

April 9
IRAC Weeds Out Racism from Israeli Society

Tags: Racism, Rabbi Yosef Elitzur, Lehava, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, Racism Crisis Center RCC, Ben Gurion Airport, flight, airplane, gender segregation, gender discrimination, asylum, refugees, Africa, Anat Hoffman

April 16
Celebrate Israel's 70th With Anat

Tags: Yom Ha’atzmaut, Yom Hazikaron, Anat Hoffman

April 23
IRAC Fights for Equality for All Rabbis

Tags: Orly Erez-Likhovski, seminar, Rabbi Miri Gold, gender segregation, gender discrimination, pluralism, Rabbi Noa Sattath

April 30
Help IRAC Save Israel's Supreme Court

Tags: Supreme Court, Knesset, LGBTQ, adoption, kashrut, kosher, Rabbi Noa Sattath

May 7
In Memory of Aaron Panken, z"l

Tags: Rabbi Aaron Panken, Hebrew Union College, Rabbi Noa Sattath

May 14
What a Difference a Letter (from IRAC) Makes

Tags: Knesset Rabbi, kashrut, kosher, halacha, gender discrimination, divorce, Riki Shapira Rosenberg, Rabbi Noa Sattath

May 22
The Arrest of Jafar Farah

Tags: Mossawa Center for Arab Citizens in Israel, Jafar Farah, arrest, Gaza, police, IMPJ, Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism, Anat Hoffman

May 28
IRAC Goes Up Against Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu

Tags: Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, racism, democracy, Supreme Court, Givat Ze'ev, Ayelet Shaked, Minister of Justice, Orly Erez-Likhovski, Anat Hoffman

June 4
Israel's Conversion Crisis Continues

Tags: Converts, conversion, Knesset, Rabbi Gilad Kariv, Rabbi Noa Sattath, Anat Hoffman, Uganda, Abayudaya

June 11
Saying Goodbye with Dignity - in Scarsdale, NY

Tags: Rabbi Aaron Panken, funeral, mourning, burial, cemetery, Hevra Kadisha, Women of the Wall, Anat Hoffman

June 18
IRAC Fights for Immigrants Rights

Tags: Yosef Kibita, Uganda, immigrant, immigration, Aliyah, convert, conversion, Abayudaya, deportation, Gershom Sizomu, LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, Ministry of the Interior, racism, Anat Hoffman

June 25
El Al Pressures Women to Change Seats…Again

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

July 2
Israeli Minister Flip-Flops on the Kotel

Tags: Miri Regev, Austrian Air, flight, airplane, El Al, gender segregation, gender discrimination, Kotel, Western Wall, Anat Hoffman

July 9
Notoriously Separate

Tags: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Genesis Lifetime Achievement Award, America, earthquakes, Western Wall, Kotel, gender segregation, gender discrimination, censorship, burial, funeral, Miri Nahmias, Hevra Kadisha, cemetery, Tal Abitbol, Anat Hoffman

July 18
IRAC Fights the Nation-State Law

Tags: Israel’s Basic Laws, Nation-State Bill, democracy, Olim, immigrants, racism, LGBTQ, Women of the Wall, IMPJ, Israel Movement for Progressive and Reform Judaism, Rabbi Gilad Kariv, Hebrew, Arabic, Anat Hoffman, Rabbi Noa Sattath

July 23
IRAC Fights On

Tags: Nation-State Bill, Rabbi Dov Hayun, arrest, LGBTQ, surrogate, surrogacy, Pride, Jerusalem March for Pride and Tolerance, adoption, Anat Hoffman

July 30
Deportation of a Little Boy

Tags: Robinson’s Arch, Western Wall, Kotel, Russia, citizenship, immigrant, Aliyah, deportation, LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, Anat Hoffman

August 6
We've Come So Far: Jerusalem Pride

Tags: Pride. Jerusalem March for Pride and Tolerance, homophobia, LGBTQ, Shira Banki, Jerusalem Open House, Rabbi Noa Sattath

August 13
Two Swimming Champions

Tags: Racism Crisis Center, RCC, pools, discrimination, segregation, Anat Hoffman

August 20
IRAC Stops Gender Segregation by the Book

Tags: Rishon LeTzion, library, Anat Hoffman, Orly Erez-Likhovski, segregation, Lee Weizman

August 27
Flower Power in Hod Hasharon

Tags: Rabbi Michael Boyden, Hod Hasharon, Kehilat Yonatan, Judge Menachem Finkelstein, synagogue, Anat Hoffman

September 3
IRAC's Tasty Surprise

Tags: Cooking, Shana Tova, Anat Hoffman

September 17
IRAC Supports Immigrant Victims of Domestic Abuse

Tags: Immigrant, immigration, domestic abuse, deportation, LACO, Yom Kippur, Legal Aid Center for Olim, Anat Hoffman

October 8
IRAC Prevents the Silencing of Women

Tags: Kol Barama Radio, gender discrimination, gender exclusion, Asaf Pink, Supreme Court, Anat Hoffman

October 15
Elections Are Coming

Tags: Elections, racism, Likud, Africa, asylum, refugees, Eritrea, Central Elections Committee, Coalition Against Racism, Anat Hoffman

October 22
IRAC Fights for a Slice of Justice

Tags: Ben Yehuda Street, LGBTQ, Pride, Hebrew Union College, Sammy Kanter, discrimination, Anat Hoffman

October 29
IRAC Stands With Pittsburgh

Tags: Tiferet Bet Israel, Elizabeth Shammash, Rabbi Eric Woodward, Tree of Life Congregation, shooting, Pittsburgh, immigrant, immigration, Anat Hoffman

November 5
The Suffragettes of Bet Shemesh

Tags: Bet Shemesh, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, modesty signs, Dr. Aliza Bloch, gender discrimination, Anat Hoffman

November 12
The Time Has Come for Change

Tags: Knesset, Rabbi Gilad Kariv, Tree of Life Congregation, Pittsburgh, Anat Hoffman

November 19
Rabbis Are Not Above the Law

Tags: Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, racism, LGBTQ, incitement, Anat Hoffman

November 27
Invest in Israelis This #GivingTuesday

Tags: Nicole Maor, LACO, Legal Aid Center for Olim, Aliyah, immigrant, immigration, Anat Hoffman

December 3
All Jews are Equal

Tags: Mevasseret Zion, discrimination Israel Movement for Progressive and Reform Judaism, IMPJ, Anat Hoffman

December 10
Celebrating Women

Tags: Eid Al-Banat, Tunisia, Africa, Hanukkah, Kol Barama, Bet Shemesh, education, gender discrimination, Anat Hoffman

December 17
IRAC Driving Away Racism

Tags: Racism, driving exam, Ethiopia, arrest, police, Racism Crisis Center, RCC, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, Anat Hoffman

December 28
Support IRAC in 2019

Tags: Gender discrimination, racism, Anat Hoffman

December 31
IRAC's New Year's Resolutions

Tags: Democracy, Amos Oz, Anat Hoffman