Carl Hoffman grew up in Boston and was educated in New York and Philadelphia. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania, and has lived among headhunting groups in Borneo and a remote hill tribe in the Philippines. He has worked as a university lecturer in the United States, a research anthropologist in Indonesia, and as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines; followed by a series of odd jobs with the U.S. State Department Refugee Programs, the Philippine Department of Education, and the Japanese Embassy in Manila.
Carl Hoffman has lived in Israel since 1997 with his wife and two children. Semi-employed as a freelance writer, his articles appear more or less regularly in the Jerusalem Post and ESRA Magazine, and sporadically elsewhere. He is amazed and deeply grateful to have recently won a “First Place” award for “Excellence in Feature Writing” from the American Jewish Press Association for his article, “19 Hours and 20 Minutes in Tel Aviv’s Central Bus Station,” published in the U.S. by Moment Magazine.
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by Carl Hoffman
Not only is it very hot in our summers in Israel –
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but let’s discuss the cold too. For new immigrants from the West the lack of central heating takes a lot of getting used to.
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This is a 12 paneled laminated cardboard pamphlet superbly
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illustrated with superb photos of indigenous trees and shrubs of Israel.
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This is an outstanding book for historians and others
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interested in the deeply researched details of the history of Israel from pre-historic times to the present.
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This book presents a very knowledgeable, very literate
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religious support of the modern State of Israel, viewing Zionism as the Jewish people’s historical opportunity to create a living, breathing society according to Torah morals and ethics.
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Carl Hoffman in a humorous manner describes his youth
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in America and his surprising reasons for coming to live in Israel with his family when 45 years old.
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Poopa Dweck’s historical cookbook on the unique recipes
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used by the `Aleppo Jews’ of Northern Syria is a historical and geographical record with wonderful recipes in a coffee table edition with superb illustrations.
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This review introduces the reader to Aaron Aaronsohn
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, an all but forgotten pivotal figure in the establishment of Israel.Written by Shmuel Katz it is an annotated biography of an interesting and important life.
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A superb tribute to Chayym Zeldis renowned poet and
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writer as expressed by Carl Hoffman who shares his association with this creative writer until his unexpected death.
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Much has happened and been written about Israel and
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its history but small personal accounts can be very interesting and we can learn from them. Carl Hoffman‘s article is about the research that Dr Judith Abrahami-Einat has done to find out about a family tragedy that occurred in 1939.
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Fascinating report of the visit of Anne Richardson,
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Christian Zionist tribal chief of the Rappahannock Indian tribe of Virginia. Compares her challenges as Indian chief with the problems that Israel faces, and finds many common missions.
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