Tzedaka

Canvas for a cause: Art, music, and tzedakah in Jerusalem

Canvas for a Cause, an art auction benefiting the synagogue’s charitable fund, Keren Tzedakah, drew community members, art lovers, and supporters of social justice.

Art auction at Kehilat Kol HaNeshama.
VOLUNTEERS PRESENT food packages to elderly people in Tel Aviv last year. The pleasure of giving often feels different from the fleeting rush of acquiring something for ourselves, the writer notes.

Tzedakah: The happiness of giving instead of spending on ourselves - opinion

MAKING MATZAH in Jerusalem last week: Historically, community leaders would collect donations of flour, wheat, or money to provide matzah, wine and other essential Passover provisions to impoverished families.

What are the ancient and modern practices of Passover's Kimcha de’Pischa? - opinion

 THE PINCHEVSKYS in Israel

‘Philanthropy starts with curiosity’


From the ashes

Communities in Haifa and Zichron Ya’acov forge ahead on fire recovery.

Debris clogs the waterlogged entrance to Haifa’s Moriah Congregation (masorti)

Clean up your act

The Soapbox Project champions charity without spending a dime.

Taking part at WeWork

In Plain Language: From riches to rags

A culture of schnorring and a generation of beggars have grown up in our midst, and they are, sadly, an embarrassment to Judaism.

The statue of Maimonides in Cordoba, Spain

Helmsley Charitable Trust donates $5m. to Jerusalem hospital

Shaare Zedek becomes full Level-One trauma center with neurosurgery, neuroradiology and neurological care.

Shaare Zedek Hospital

Can You Feel the Love?

The Jerusalem Post

About music and ethics

The Musethica festival brings international musicians to schools and special-needs institutions.

The Musethica festival

Metro Grapevine: Gift of life

News roundup from the center of the country.

Rami Levy

The GIFT of time

GIFT’s twin objectives are to inspire and educate people to give while simultaneously helping those in need.

A GIFT-organized trip to Leket Israel last Passover, where participants – who included parents and grandparents; Israelis and tourists; singles and families – picked kohlrabi

Books: 'The Secret Life of Gershon Burd'

The many generous acts of Gershon Burd were only unveiled when his life ended tragically early.

Gershon Burd

Grapevine Metro: Coming concerts

DALIA ITZIK.