Anat Hoffman | |
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Born | Anat Weiss April 2, 1954 |
Education | UCLA in Los Angeles (BA in Psychology, 1980) |
Alma mater | UCLA |
Occupation(s) | Executive Director, Israel Religious Action Center |
Known for | Social activism |
Anat Hoffman (Hebrew: ענת הופמן; born April 2, 1954) is an Israeli activist and the former executive director of the Israel Religious Action Center, also known as IRAC. She is the director and founding member of Nashot HaKotel, also known as Women of the Wall. Hoffman is a former member of the Jerusalem City Council. In 2013, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz named her "Person of the Year", noting the award reflected "the prominence that she has achieved across the Jewish world over the past 12 months".[1] The Jerusalem Post listed her fifth, among its list of 50 Most Influential Jews, for forcefully and successfully bringing the issue of women's rights at the Kotel to the "forefront of the consciousness of world Jewry".[2]