Poverty

Demand for food assistance surges 32% ahead of Rosh Hashanah

The campaign includes food and cash donations, food package-packing events, fundraising from the public and business sector, and collaborations through online and digital platforms.

A worker pours honey into a jar at the Raikin apiary in Moshav Sde Eliezer in northern Israel on September 19, 2022 ahead of the Jewish New Year holiday of Rosh Hashanah; illustrative
 ABOUT 41% of Jerusalem families suffer from poverty, compared to about 20% in the rest of the country.

Israel’s 30 glorious years – and the social Darwinism we built along the way - opinion

Studies show that sometimes between 8 to 15 exposures are required before a new food moves from "strange" to "acceptable"

The man who couldn't watch Israel throw its food away: The story of Leket Israel

Poverty in J'lem 370

Jerusalem’s future depends on supporting small business growth - opinion


B'ezri: Commitment to combat poverty - opinion

For more than 40 years, American Friends of Yad Eliezer has provided a safety net for tens of thousands of families in some 50 communities across Israel.

 Children visit a makeshift memorial in Ofakim, where B'ezri is providing assistance to those in greatest need in the aftermath of the loss of 50 community members who gave their lives in defense of the city.

WATCH: A Pitchon-Lev volunteer tells her story

American volunteer Drea Rice speaks with Maayan Hoffman, Deputy CEO - Strategy and innovation for the Jerusalem Post, about her work with Pitchon-Lev.

 American Volunteer Drea Rice

IDF: Hamas officials keeping Gazans in poverty, suffering

Following the IDF's invasion, it has been discovered that Hamas has been hoarding wealth away from Gazans living in poverty.

 Palestinians gather to collect water, amid shortages of drinking water, as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip October 15, 2023.

Pitchon-Lev - Israel's beating heart in peace and in war

WATCH: Eli Cohen, CEO of Pitchon-Lev, one of Israel’s foremost humanitarian organizations in conversation with Maayan Hoffman, Deputy CEO - Strategy & Innovation for the Jerusalem Post.

 Eli Cohen, CEO, Pithon-Lev

Pitchon Lev CEO calls for price controls in face of rising food prices

Among those affected are impoverished families, whose struggles have only increased since the beginning of the conflict.

 CEO of Pitchon Lev Eli Cohen

Poor and working-class Jews are underrepresented in pop culture, new analysis argues

TEN estimates that one in five Jewish American households earn less than $50,000 a year.

Homeless person on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem.