14 Facts About Anat Hoffman

Anat Hoffman is an Israeli activist and the former executive director of the Israel Religious Action Center, known as IRAC.

Anat Hoffman is the director and founding member of Nashot HaKotel, known as Women of the Wall.

Anat Hoffman's American-born father, Charles Weiss, served as a Voice of America correspondent in Israel.

Anat Hoffman attended the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.

Anat Hoffman was exposed to Reform Judaism and realized for the first time that Judaism was not limited to Orthodoxy.

Anat Hoffman later pursued graduate study at Bar Ilan University.

Anat Hoffman served on the Jerusalem City Council from 1988 to 2002, representing the Civil Rights and Peace Movement.

Anat Hoffman complained, on behalf of consumers, that they were paying for items they had not used.

Anat Hoffman is chair of the Domari Society of Gypsies in Jerusalem.

Additionally, prior to the 1993 Oslo Accords, Anat Hoffman was the chairwoman of Women in Black, an international women's anti-war movement with an estimated 10,000 activists around the world.

Anat Hoffman was a member of the group that started Women of the Wall in December 1988.

From 2002 to 2022, Anat Hoffman served as executive director of the Israel Religious Action Center, which was founded in 1987 as the public and legal advocacy arm of the movement for Progressive Judaism in Israel.

Anat Hoffman believes airlines are required to comply with non-discrimination laws.

In December 2024, Anat Hoffman was included on the BBC's 100 Women list.