Insights
Community Hour: Honey Fellows’ Communities During War
The Honey Foundation For Israel —
March 5, 2024
Freedom – Passover 2023
Rabbi David Hoffman, PhD —
April 4, 2023
Purim is the holiday the Jewish people need now
Rabbi David Hoffman, PhD —
March 22, 2024
Jewish Heroes in War Time
Go Into Shabbat with 6 Inspiring Stories of Jewish Heroes The Honey Foundation
Rabbi David Hoffman, PhD —
October 27, 2023
Modern Day Maccabee – Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis
Making history, ordinary.
Rabbi David Hoffman, PhD —
December 20, 2022
Modern Day Maccabee – Rabbi Dr. Rani Jaeger
What is Israeli Judaism?
Rabbi Dr. Rani Jaeger —
December 23, 2022
Modern Day Maccabee – Rabbi Tamir Nir
Rabbi David Hoffman, PhD —
December 25, 2022
Modern Day Maccabee- Rabbi Naama Dafni Kellen
Rabbi David Hoffman, PhD —
December 25, 2022
Modern Day Maccabee – Mor Shimonie
Rabbi David Hoffman, PhD —
December 22, 2022
Modern Day Maccabee – Rabbi Elisha Wolfin
Rabbi David Hoffman, PhD —
December 21, 2022
Modern Day Maccabees
Featuring the might and courage of five Honey Fellows
Rabbi David Hoffman, PhD —
December 16, 2022
Channukah 2024 – Modern Israeli Heroes
Three-minute video for Channukah featuring the light of Honey Foundation Fellows
Rabbi David Hoffman, PhD —
December 10, 2023
Passover 2024 – There is no seder this year in Israel
Rabbi David Hoffman, PhD —
April 22, 2024
Yom Ha’atzmaut 5784 – Zionism is being used as an insult
What it means to be a Zionist after the creation of the State is dynamic. Like Judaism itself.
Rabbi David Hoffman, PhD —
May 14, 2024
From the Fruit of the Land
Ten Israeli Spiritual Leaders reflect on the budding opportunities for Israeli Judaism today
Honey Fellows 2022 —
September 21, 2022
Keynote Address: Inaugural Honey Foundation Leadership Conference for Rabbinic and Spiritual Leadership
Leadership address from the Honey Foundation Leadership Conference for Rabbinic and Spiritual Leadership in Israel, 2019.
Bill Lipsey —
June 23, 2019
Honey for the New Year: A Holiday Companion
The Honey Foundation —
July 21, 2021
Israeli Judaism: an Opportunity for the American Jewish Community
The health and vitality of American Judaism is inextricably intertwined with Israeli Judaism.
Rabbi David Hoffman —
July 20, 2021
What Does Israeli Jewish Society Look like? A Brief Market Overview.
Israeli Judaism and the boundaries of Israeli Jewish communities are particularly resistant to easy categorization.
July 20, 2021
What exactly is Israeli Judaism?
Too many Israelis – by their own admission – feel like strangers within Jewish culture. They want to return “home” on their own terms and rebuild a new relationship to Judaism.
July 20, 2021
It’s a Bull Market for Israeli Judaism
A White Paper: How we got here. Investment Opportunities.
July 19, 2021
Is the Title “Rabbi” Too Toxic to Work in Israel?
Judaism is making a strong comeback but the term “rabbi” is often still confined to the penalty box.
July 20, 2021
On Purim — Pay it Forward!
Sometimes feeling thankful is not enough. That’s where gratitude comes in.
David Hoffman —
March 8, 2020
Israeli Independence Day 2020
Trying to hold grief and joy in our hearts at once.
David Hoffman —
April 28, 2020
The dark lessons of tolerating hate speech
20 years ago, as now, an Israeli leader was depicted as a Nazi — all of us know the price of staying silent.
David Hoffman —
December 18, 2015
To Love or Not to Love the Jewish People?
Love of the Jewish people is an idea and value that has come upon some hard times recently — both from the right and on the left.
David Hoffman —
July 8, 2021
Cultural Shifts in Rabbinic Communal Work in Israel: Blessings from the Pandemic
There is much to mourn. But there have been cracks that allow in light.
Rabbi David Hoffman —
July 19, 2021