Posts Tagged: Israel poverty
Report: 268,000 More Israeli Families Living in Poverty Since Pandemic Onset
JNS.org - The number of Israeli households living in poverty has increased by more than a quarter of a million since the onset of the...
Holocaust Survivors in Israel Getting More Cash, but Some Still Impoverished
Holocaust survivors in Israel are better off financially than in the past thanks to the efforts of campaigners after decades of government neglect and bureaucracy, but some...
Israeli Poverty Is Real — and Must Be Addressed
Israel is a leader in science and technology, which is something that all Israelis should be proud of. The Jewish state is also, however, a...
One in Five Israelis Live in Poverty, Annual Report Finds as 2018 Draws to Close
One in five Israelis -- around 1,780,500 -- live in poverty, according to an annual report published by the National Insurance Institute on Monday, as...
A New Home Means a New Life for Underprivileged Israeli Girls
JNS.org - This is Marisol. As a child, Marisol was sent from place to place in Israel after her father passed away and she was ordered...
Making Passover Possible for Struggling Israeli Families
It goes without saying that countless families in Israel are unable to afford the Passover Seder meal - but two charitable organizations, Leket Israel and...
1,000 Children in Israel Pick Fruit for Needy on Tu B’Shevat
In honor of Tu B'Shevat, the Jewish holiday that marks the beginning of the new year for trees, youth volunteering with Leket Israel are picking...
New Report Reveals 2.6 Million Israelis Live in Poverty
Ynet - A new report released by the Latet foundation on Monday paints an even starker picture of poverty in Israel than a gloomy official...
Poverty Report: 1.6 Million Israelis Lived Poor in 2013
i24News - Israel's National Insurance Institute (NII) report revealed on Tuesday that 1.6 million people - half of them children - were living in poverty...
New Israel Poverty Poll: 95% Pessimistic About Coming Year
A new poll on poverty in Israel charges that "despair and anger" among the country's Jewish population are rife, and even more worrying, that...
725,000 Israelis Define Themselves as Poor, Poverty Group Laments ‘Very Stark Increase’
About 725,000 Israelis - among them 29 percent of Israeli Arabs and 12 percent of Jews - define themselves as poor, according to latest...
Stanley Fischer: Israel’s Greatest Economic Challenge is Poverty
The biggest challenge facing Israel's economy is poverty, outgoing Governor of the Bank of Israel Prof. Stanley Fischer told Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE)...
Survey: 40% of Survivors Living in Israel Believe Another Holocaust is Possible
Some 40 percent of Holocaust survivors in Israel are concerned that a second Holocaust could occur, according to the annual report of the Foundation for...
