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’


Meir Panim – Operating in the Shadow of Corona

An Interview with Mimi Rozmaryn, Director of Global Development for Meir Panim

Mimi Rozmaryn, Director of Global Development for Meir Panim

Nutritional and Emotional Security at Meir Panim

Many people in lower socio-economic brackets in Israel cannot afford the items in the basic food basket.


A world of support for Meir Panim

'We love the work that Meir Panim is doing, looking after Holocaust Survivors, and the poor and needy.'


Don't cast me away at old age - How Meir Panim helps the aged and infirm

There is a lot of fulfillment when you can give to someone else and make someone else smile.


After-School Neighborhood Youth Centers in Sderot

Meir Panim’s Neighborhood Youth Center offers a “safe haven” , where young people can learn to lead healthy and productive lives.


A hardship for generations: Escaping the cycle of poverty

How one person managed to escape a lifetime cycle of economic distress.


David and Laura Merage: Philanthropists supporting Israel

The Merage Foundation Israel has been actively working to increase the prosperity of the Jewish state for over two decades.

David and Laura Merage

How to ensure a vibrant Jewish future

If Jews do not support our own community, our communal institutions will not have the support they need to continue.

Contract drivers paid by Amazon collect bags of free groceries to deliver from the Bread for the City social services charity during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Washington

Daily Giving: The power of donating $1 a day

One dollar on its own may not have much of an impact, but since its launch in January 2019, DailyGiving.org has already donated over $300,000 to Jewish charities.

A MEIR Panim volunteer delivers food during COVID-19

US college student spends 11 hours a day shopping to help families

Kaila Zimmerman-Moscovitch, a college student managing a full course load and two part-time jobs, has been spending 11 hours per day to help hers and other families in the Chicago Jewish community.

A PATRON exits a supermarket during the coronavirus pandemic.