“What don’t we talk about when we focus on Israel’s Security” with Anat Hoffman of the Israeli Religious Action Center

Officials representing the State of Israel often focus on the Israeli-Arab conflict. Focusing on the conflict with Israel's neighbors distracts people from exploring some of the conflicts that rock Israeli society from within such as women's rights, religious pluralism, racism against minorities and struggles for freedom of conscience.

Anat Hoffman, who has spoken to the last two groups of Wise Temple members who traveled to Israel, is the executive director of the Israeli Religious Action Center, the Reform Movement of Israel’s Legal and Advocacy Arm. Previously she held a seat for fourteen years on the Jerusalem City Council.