Tzedaka

From learning to leading: How students can pass on Jewish tradition - opinion

From leading campus tours to organizing charity committees, students can help strengthen Jewish identity by learning to pass it on.

A teacher in EJM Jewish school in Paris
Marcelle Talia, mother of Liora Ben Tzur, who was murdered by Hamas terrorists at Kibbutz Ein HaShlosha on October 7, 2023, while carrying candy for her grandchildren and other kibbutz children.

Beyond the Headlines: Unfinished business - opinion

Nathan Straus

Macy’s magnate Nathan Straus used his fortune to combat disease in New York and Mandatory Palestine

Purim is a time when giving tzedakah freely is encouraged.

On Purim, Jewish tradition tells us to give to anyone who asks, no questions required - opinion


‘A Food Bank Tale’

How a visit to a Meir Panim food bank inspired one volunteer to write a children’s book about her experience


Seven processes of Smart Tzedakah that you can do

We believe that an approach to strategic giving can be modeled similarly to the approach many use to set up an investment portfolio.

A VOLUNTEER delivers a food package to a Holocaust survivor in Ramat Gan in January.

Smart Tzedakah: Efficiently, effectively professionalized giving - opinion

We have elaborated seven basic principles, which may not be revolutionary, but together help frame how we approach Smart Tzedakah

VOLUNTEERS OF the Leket Israel charity organization and president’s residence workers pack boxes with food for families in need ahead of Passover, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem in 2016.

Act celebrating Rosenwald’s ‘tzedakah’ would enshrine memory in park

The Senate approved the legislation on Monday. It passed last week in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Sears President Julius Rosenwald 150

Meir Panim – Operating in the Shadow of Corona

An Interview with Mimi Rozmaryn, Director of Global Development for Meir Panim

Mimi Rozmaryn, Director of Global Development for Meir Panim

Nutritional and Emotional Security at Meir Panim

Many people in lower socio-economic brackets in Israel cannot afford the items in the basic food basket.


A world of support for Meir Panim

'We love the work that Meir Panim is doing, looking after Holocaust Survivors, and the poor and needy.'


Don't cast me away at old age - How Meir Panim helps the aged and infirm

There is a lot of fulfillment when you can give to someone else and make someone else smile.


After-School Neighborhood Youth Centers in Sderot

Meir Panim’s Neighborhood Youth Center offers a “safe haven” , where young people can learn to lead healthy and productive lives.


A hardship for generations: Escaping the cycle of poverty

How one person managed to escape a lifetime cycle of economic distress.