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