Charity
Your Taxes: Israel moves charities online for tax breaks
Starting in 2026, details of each donation reported are immediately stored electronically on the ITA’s system. The donor can access these details online.
The war exposed Israel’s greatest social vulnerability - opinion
Jerusalem highlights: January 23-29
Grapevine: Puttin' in the Ritz
Victims of antisemitism give much more to charity, survey finds
The survey of American Jewish donations in 2022 found that some three-quarters of American Jewish households gave to charity that year, donating an average of more than $10,000.
Theater charity Broadway Cares funds Gaza aid and now relief for Israelis too
After making a $400,000 donation to charities working in Gaza, Broadway Cares was encouraged to also donate to Israeli causes.
FOX Group in partnership with Disney supports Make-A-Wish Israel Association
As part of this collaboration, the "Mickey Wish" necklace will be sold for 19.90 ILS. The profits from this campaign will be donated to fulfill the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses.
Israeli NGO connects people in need with surplus goods during ongoing war
In 2023 alone, the NGO distributed over 40 million shekels worth of goods to those in need, primarily through third-party channels.
Making a difference after retirement
Bernard Pinsky, volunteer chairman of the Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation, says everyone, regardless of financial position, can make a difference
Requests for baby food spike since start of Israel-Hamas War
"Israeli society cannot afford a situation where there are parents who cannot provide their babies with the most basic thing of food."
Israelis provide tons of food to soldiers, displaced families
A kitchen tzedakah: Israelis from all over with an affinity for the kitchen find a hardy way to provide for those in need during the war
JustGiving backs down on withheld funds for IDF ‘militia’ phone chargers
The fundraising site had originally refused to pay out the over £20,000 raised for portable chargers for IDF soldiers, arguing that the funds could be used to "support a militia."
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.
Jerusalem's superhero: Meet the man bringing comics to evacuees, lone soldiers
Whether it’s bringing comics and teddy bears to evacuees in Jerusalem or geek culture literature to the Israeli public, Arye Dobuler is using his organizational superpowers for good.