Poverty report
Growing class of 'war poor' Israelis pushed into poverty post-October 7, report warns
The report depicts a deepening social emergency in which hunger and chronic financial stress are spreading from Israel’s weakest populations into the lower middle class.
NGOs see dramatic increase in financial assistance requests from young people
National Insurance Institute issues 2022 Report on Poverty and Income Inequality
Jewish NGO feeds New Yorkers battling hunger during High Holy Days
Elderly, child poverty increased in 2018, national report finds
NGOs combating poverty express concern with increasing poverty for elderly, although rate of overall poverty remained the same in 2018 over 2017 figures.
2 Jewish groups say new food stamp rules will ‘devastate’ the needy
“The new SNAP rules announced yesterday by the Federal government will devastate low-income New Yorkers by denying them critical food benefits they rely on to feed their families."
Nearly 20% of Australian Jews living in poverty
Yet five of the ten richest Australians are Jews.
‘More than one-quarter of Israelis poor or nearly poor’ - Report
While Israel's technological and scientific breakthroughs are impressive, it is still has the highest rate of poverty of any OECD country, according to a National Insurance Institute report.
Aid group: One third of American Holocaust survivors live in poverty
Three quarters of the approximately 3,000 survivors the group aids are older than 75, and saw a 10 percent increase this year in aid requests for survivors battling cancer.
Report: 22% of Israelis lived in poverty in 2016
The figure is the highest rate in the developed world.
Heroes of Israel: Poverty's Angel
How many people can one man feed? 100,000!
Mashav: Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation
Some 300,000 people have been trained, leaving them as goodwill ambassadors for Israel and empowered to develop and build.
Israel neglecting social welfare investment; child poverty at 25%
Welfare minister Haim Katz says people must go back to work. Unemployment at record low of 4.6%.
Table suspended above Tel Aviv's Rabin Square to highlight food insecurity
The “The Unattainable Meal," exhibit will be visible from September 18 to 24th to symbolize some 200,000 families who are unable to afford meals on a regular basis.