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Selected Writings By Joel Hoffman
Table of Contents I. Writings on Jewish Content II. Writings on Jewish Education & Society I. Writings on Jewish Content 1. "It's a Mitzvah to Be Happy!" (To access this essay, click on the link on the Homepage) 2. "Why I Love 'Doing' Jewish" (Phoenix's Jewish News, 2018) blogs.timesofisrael.com/why-i-love-doing-jewish/ 3. "Judaism's Recipe for Obtaining Happiness" (Unpublished Blog: The Jerusalem Post, 2018) www.jpost.com/Blogs/Rabbi-Joel-E-Hoffman/Judaisms-Recipe-for-Obtaining-Happiness-553531 4. "Three Misconceptions About Orthodox Judaism" (Unpublished Blog: The Jerusalem Post, 2018) www.jpost.com/Blogs/Rabbi-Joel-E-Hoffman/Three-Misconceptions-About-Orthodox-Judaism-539853 5. "Who Wrote the Torah?" (Boston's The Jewish Advocate, 2017) No longer available online. A PDF copy is available from Joel Hoffman. 6. "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/ 7. "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 8. "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 9. "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 10. "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 11. "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. 12. "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/ 13. "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" which is listed above, and a shorter version of essay is the d'var Torah "It's a Mitzvah to Be Happy" which can be accessed on the Homepage. II. Writings on Jewish Education & Society 14. "Why Not Intermarry?" (Unpublished Blog: Times of Israel, 2018) blogs.timesofisrael.com/why-not-intermarry/ 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 NOTE: Several unpublished Blogs, as well as Articles that are not available online and/or that were written before 2005 have not been listed above. |
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