Gil Hoffman

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Gil Hoffman is an Israeli-American journalist and political correspondent who serves as executive director of Honest Reporting. [1] He was previously chief political correspondent for the Jerusalem Post . [2] [3] [4]

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Early life

Hoffman grew up outside of Chicago in Lincolnwood, Illinois. [5] He attended high school at Ida Crown Jewish Academy and graduated magna cum laude from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. [6] [7] He previously worked for the Miami Herald and the Arizona Republic. [8] He made Aliyah at age 22 in 1999. [3] After immigrating to Israel, Hoffman served in an artillery unit with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and later served as a spokesperson for the IDF reserves. [3]

Career

Hoffman became executive director of Honest Reporting in June of 2022. [9] He worked for the Jerusalem Post from 1998 - 2022 and served as their long-time chief political correspondent where he interviewed prime ministers, generals, government ministers and other prominent politicians and covered 10 Knesset elections. [4] [10] Hoffman has noted in the past it is important to him to remain objective in speaking about Israel due to his position as chief political correspondent. [11]

Hoffman hosted the podcast Inside Israel Today on The Land of Israel Network from 2017 - 2020. [12] He hosted a podcast on Voice of Israel from 2014 - 2015. [13] [14]

He makes regular appearances on CNN, TRT World, and Al-Jazeera along with local Israeli television programs. [15] [16] [17] [18] He is a frequent lecturer on Israel, having spoken in every major English-speaking country in the world and all 50 U.S. states. [19] [5] Hoffman also teaches a course on journalism at the College of Management Academic Studies. [20]

In 2022 Hoffman was named one of the top 100 people positively influencing Jewish life. [21]

Personal life

According to Jerusalem Press Club, Hoffman currently resides in Israel. He is married and has three children. [22]

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  13. ↑ Hoffman, Gil. "Voice Of Israel". The Voice Of Israel. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  14. ↑ Frantzman, Seth. "Voice of Israel English-Language Radio Closes After First Year". JPost.com. The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
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