Meredith Hoffman is a freelance journalist and writer from New York and Alabama. She is currently based in South America, and previously reported for The New York Times and DNAinfo.com New York. Her Twitter feed is @merhoffman.

When Pope Francis Makes His Visit to Israel, This Rabbi Will Be His Guide

Abraham Skorka, an unassuming scientist and rabbi in Buenos Aires, is the pontiff’s friend and interlocutor

By Meredith Hoffman · May 12, 2014

World

In Argentine Haven for Fugitive Nazis, April Means Chocolate Eggs and Hitler Parties

Twenty years after the capture of Erich Priebke, some in Bariloche are trying to come to terms with the city’s legacy of silence

By Meredith Hoffman · April 29, 2014