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.

A charity donation box is seen in this illustrative photo taken March 22, 2023
 ABOUT 41% of Jerusalem families suffer from poverty, compared to about 20% in the rest of the country.

The war exposed Israel’s greatest social vulnerability - opinion

A charity donation box is seen in this illustrative photo taken March 22, 2023

Jerusalem highlights: January 23-29

The majestic King David Hotel in Jerusalem

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.

A charity donation box is seen in this illustrative photo taken March 22, 2023

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.

Broadway billboards in New York City's Times Square

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.

 Tomer Shemesh, the driving force behind Social Delivery

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

BERNARD PINSKY: ‘We can move the needle.’

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."

Breast milk has been prove to be more beneficial than baby formula.

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

 SOLDIERS ENJOY Yael Kaner’s soups.

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."

 IDF activity in the Gaza Strip

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.

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.

 NOT ALL heroes wear capes: Jerusalemite Arye Dobuler is seen with his huge collection of comic books and sci-fi/fantasy novels available for affordable purchase in the German Colony.