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Writings
(currently this only includes writings by Birthright staff, but will include other essays as well) 1. "It's a Mitzvah to Be Happy!" (forthcoming) 2. "Why I Love 'Doing' Jewish" (Phoenix's Jewish News, 2018) blogs.timesofisrael.com/why-i-love-doing-jewish/ 3. "Why Not Intermarry?" (Blog: Times of Israel, 2018) blogs.timesofisrael.com/why-not-intermarry/ 4. "Judaism's Recipe for Obtaining Happiness" (Blog: The Jerusalem Post, 2018) www.jpost.com/Blogs/Rabbi-Joel-E-Hoffman/Judaisms-Recipe-for-Obtaining-Happiness-553531 5. "Three Misconceptions About Orthodox Judaism" (Blog: The Jerusalem Post, 2018) www.jpost.com/Blogs/Rabbi-Joel-E-Hoffman/Three-Misconceptions-About-Orthodox-Judaism-539853 6. "Who Wrote the Torah?" (Boston's The Jewish Advocate, 2017) No longer available online. A PDF copy is available from Joel Hoffman. 7. "What Was 'the' Miracle of Chanukah?" (Boston's Shalom Magazine, 2016; Pittsburgh's Jewish Chronicle, 2017; Philadelphia's Jewish Exponent, 2017; Baltimore's Jewish Times, 2017; Washington's Jewish Week, 2017; Atlanta's Jewish Times, 2017) http://jewishexponent.com/2017/12/06/what-was-the-miracle-of-chanukah atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com/writers/rabbi-joel-e-hoffman/ 8. "Why Do Jewish?" (Aish.com, 2016; New Orleans' Crescent City Jewish News, 2017; and Washington's Jewish Week, 2017) http://washingtonjewishweek.com/41954/why-do-jewish/editorial-opinion/voices/ http://www.aish.com/sp/ph/Why-Do-Jewish-for-the-Twitter-Generation.html 9. "Why I Learn Torah Daily" (Aish.com, 2016; and a front page Top Op on Times of Israel, 2016) http://www.aish.com/jw/s/Why-I-Learn-Torah-Daily.html 10. "Will the Real Judaism Please Stand Up?!" (The Jewish Magazine, 2014 {8 pages}) http://www.jewishmag.com/184mag/what_is_real_judaism/what_is_real_judaism.htm 11. "Judaism and Nature" (The Jewish Post of New York, 2007; Boston's Jewish Advocate, 2016; and The Jerusalem Post, 2018. Each printing has slightly different titles and content) www.jpost.com/Blogs/Rabbi-Joel-E-Hoffman/Judaism-and-the-Natural-World-A-Tu-BShevat-Potpourri-540083 12. "Why Repentance, Prayer, and Charity are Not Jewish!" (ShalomNewHaven, 2006; North Boston's Jewish Journal, 2007; Boston's Shalom Magazine, 2016) No longer available online. A PDF copy is available from Joel Hoffman. 13. "The Spirituality of Cleaning for Passover" (ShalomNewHaven, 2005; UJC's Orchard, 2007; Boston's Shalom Magazine, 2016; Detroit's Jewish News, 2017; Washington's The Jewish Week, 2017; Pittsburgh's Jewish Chronicle, 2017; Phoenix's Jewish News, 2018) https://thejewishnews.com/2017/04/07/cleaning-passover-search-spirituality/ http://washingtonjewishweek.com/37771/cleaning-for-passover-and-the-search-for-spirituality/editorial-opinion/voices/ 14. "The Mitzvah To Be B'Simcha (Joyous): A Hasidic Perspective" (Pumbedissa Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1, Fall 2001, pp. 4-6) A hardcopy is available from Joel Hoffman. A shorter version of this journal article is the essay "Judaism's Recipe for Happiness," and a shorter version of this essay is the d'var Torah "It's a Mitzvah to Be Happy." See links to these above. II. Opinion-Editorials 15. "Let's Rethink the Bar/Bat Mitzvah" Op-Ed: For most kids Bar/Bat Mitzvah lessons are a meaningless experience, and Joel Hoffman see this as a wasted opportunity. The author proposes a four-point solution to better educate and inspire our youth. (New Orleans' Crescent City Jewish News, 2016; St. Louis' Jewish Light, 2016; Boston's Jewish Advocate, 2016) http://www.crescentcityjewishnews.com/op-ed-lets-reconsider-the-barbat-mitzvah 16. "Retooling Hebrew School" Op-Ed: Joel Hoffman shares his ideas for retooling Hebrew school education. (Los Angeles' Jewish Journal, 2016) http://jewishjournal.com/opinion/183583/ 17. "Hebrew School is Not the Answer" Op-Ed: The organized Jewish community is hyper-focused on improving Hebrew school education and is spending millions of dollars to experiment with different models. Joel Hoffman shares his views on why this is ill-placed and posits another strategy to curve the assimilation crisis. (Front page Top Op on Times of Israel, 2016) http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/hebrew-school-is-not-the-answer/ 18. "How to Save the Conservative Movement" Op-Ed: Over the past 30 years the Conservative Movement's market share of American Jews has shrunk from 43% to just 18%. The movement is considering allowing patrilineal descent and the performing of intermarriages to retain its members. Joel Hoffman offers two other strategies to save the movement. (Los Angeles' Jewish Journal, 2016) http://jewishjournal.com/opinion/181470/ 19. "CNN Strikes Again With 'Gods' Warriors'" A review of CNN's three part series on Judaism, Christianity and Islam which points out the anti-Israel bias of CNN. (The Jewish Post of New York, 2007) http://www.jewishpost.com/viewpoints/cnn-strikes-again-with-gods-warriors.html 20. "Why You Should Consider a Jewish Day School for Your Children" (JewishNewHaven, 2006; The Jewish Magazine, 2007; and Connecticut's Jewish Ledger, 2007) http://www.jewishmag.com/119mag/jewish-education/jewish-education.htm |
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