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.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
ABOUT 41% of Jerusalem families suffer from poverty, compared to about 20% in the rest of the country.
IFCJ PRESIDENT Yael Eckstein (center) visits a shelter in Kiryat Shmona. ‘I think it’s a very incorrect assumption to feel or think that we, in the rest of Israel, are not connected to what’s happening there.’

NGOs see dramatic increase in financial assistance requests from young people

"The sharp rise we are seeing in the number of aid recipients ahead of Passover is a clear and stark expression of the deepening distress in Israeli society," Pitchon Lev CEO Eli Cohen said.

|ByAVIHAI CHIIM
A man search in a trash bean in the city center of Jerusalem on June 02 2020.

National Insurance Institute issues 2022 Report on Poverty and Income Inequality

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Volunteers help pass off bags of supplies

Jewish NGO feeds New Yorkers battling hunger during High Holy Days

“With all the challenges people are facing during these difficult times, we should ensure New Yorkers don’t go hungry," the New York State comptroller said in a statement on hunger in the region.

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES

Poverty in Israel

As we celebrate Israel’s 66th birthday, we mustn’t forget that 300,000 families in Israel couldn’t afford to join the party.

MAY 7, 2014ByANNA SHLOMAN
Poverty in J'lem 370

Reduce bureaucracy to fight poverty

Getting aid takes so much time and energy that the poor have little left over to help themselves.

MARCH 25, 2014ByEVELYN GORDON
old woman shopping in shuk 521