Alan Hoffmann
Alan David Hoffmann (Born 1946), is an Israeli educator, senior Jewish professional and serial educational innovator, who served as the Director-General and CEO of the Jewish Agency for Israel from 2010-2018.[1]
Early life[edit]
Hoffmann was born in 1946 in Johannesburg and graduated from the University of Witwatersrand (1966) in political science and philosophy. He moved to Israel in 1968 and served in the IDF in the Nachal Paratroop Brigade from 1968-1970. Hoffmann was a doctoral student at Harvard Graduate School of Education in educational policy from 1976-79.[1][2]
Career[edit]
From 1980 until 1994, Hoffman worked at the Melton Center for Jewish Education of Hebrew University and served as its Director from 1984-1994. From 1994-1998 Hoffmann was appointed Director of the Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education (CIJE) in New York, initiated and sponsored by Morton Mandel.[3] He helped initiate the Mandel Teacher Education Institute in 1995. He returned to Israel in 1996 to serve as the Director of the Mandel Center at the Hebrew University where he co-founded the Revivim program at Hebrew University with Professor Yair Zakovitch.[3] He joined the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) in 2000.[4] From 2000-2010 he then served as the Director General of the Department of Jewish Zionist Education at the Jewish Agency.[5] In March 2010 he was appointed Director General and CEO of the Jewish Agency and was the first immigrant to hold this position.[3] He retired from this position in 2018.[1] When Hoffman retired, Natan Sharansky, famous refusenik and Jewish Agency Chairman thanked Hoffmann because he, “helped lay solid foundations for the Jewish Agency of the future, connecting young Jews to Israel and young Israelis to the Jewish people, strengthening and increasing Aliya and supporting the vulnerable.” [1]
While at the Jewish Agency, Hoffmann co-founded Masa Israel Journey with JAFI Chairman Sallai Meridor and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in 2004,[2] developed the Makom Israel Education Lab,[6] and then co-founded the service year shlichim initiative (Shinshinim) in 2014.[2] Hoffmann wrote the chapter on "the role of the Jew in the contemporary world" in the book The Sovereign and the Situated Self: Jewish Identity and Community in the 21st Century.[7]
Personal Life[edit]
Hoffmann lives in Jerusalem with his wife, Nadia and together they have 4 children.[2]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Maltz, Judy (2018-03-25). "Jewish Agency CEO Alan Hoffman Announces Resignation, Leaving the Institution Leaderless". Haaretz. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Hoffman New DG of Jewish Agency". Israel National News. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Hoffman New DG of Jewish Agency". Israel National News. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ↑ "Alan Hoffmann chosen as next Jewish Agency director-general - Jewish World - Jerusalem Post". www.jpost.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ↑ "Jewish Agency CEO Alan Hoffmann to step down by end of year - Israel News - Jerusalem Post". www.jpost.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ↑ "SA man set Jewish Agency on the right path". South African Jewish Report. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ↑ Boyd, Jonathan (2003). The Sovereign and the Situated Self: Jewish Identity and Community in the 21st Century. United Jewish Israel Appeal. ISBN 9781861977618. Search this book on
External links[edit]
- Hoffman New DG of Jewish Agency, Israel National News, March 1, 2010
- ALAN HOFFMANN CHOSEN AS NEXT JEWISH AGENCY DIRECTOR-GENERAL, Jerusalem Post, March 1, 2010
- Nicola Miltz, SA man set Jewish Agency on the right path, SA Jewish Report, April 19, 2018
- Judy Maltz, Jewish Agency CEO Alan Hoffman Announces Resignation, Leaving the Institution Leaderless, Haaretz, March 25, 2018
- Alan Hoffmann speaking at "Facing Tomorrow" - Israeli Presidential Conference, 2011
- Alan Hoffmann speaking at "Facing Tomorrow" - Israeli Presidential Conference, 2012
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