Poverty in israel
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.
Nearly three million Israelis face food insecurity, including one million children, report finds
Nourishing hope: The impact of food nutrition on the working poor
Economic concerns cloud Passover celebrations as cost of living crisis deepens in Israel
Dreaming impossible dreams?
“I grew up in a poor neighborhood in Bat Yam, where nobody cared about aesthetics. Everybody was too busy fighting their daily battles. All people thought about was how to survive."
Why poverty must be front and center in this election campaign
The most recent report by the OECD placed Israel at the highest rate of poverty among all of its member nations.
Too many Israeli children are living in poverty
Her frustration was expressed following the presentation to President Reuven Rivlin of the annual statistical report on children in Israel.
21.2% of Israeli population lives below the poverty line - new report
The report showed an increase in poverty among the elderly, despite a recent minimum wage increase.
NGO: Over 1 million Israeli children in poverty
Half of welfare recipients say they frequently or occasionally lacked sufficient food at home.
Jerusalem? Tel Aviv? What is the best city in Israel?
The four other towns and cities sharing Jerusalem's ranking are Bnei Brak and the Arab communities Jisr al-Zarka, Umm al-Fahm, Zarzir and Bukata.
A Yom Kippur letter to the Jewish people
Yad Ezra V’Shulamit knows firsthand that too many people are struggling with poverty, and we’re doing everything we can to ease their pain.
Major gap in nonprofit welfare funding between haredim and Arab Israelis
43,000 nonprofits currently help provide services to people on welfare, although only about 20,000 appear to be active.
Start-up Nation's underbelly: Israel's child poverty rate tops OECD states
While the report showed a rise in the minimum wage and child-care allowances, it also indicated that many Israeli families of three or more children live below the poverty line.
Charitable organizations and volunteers rally to help needy on Passover
“Poverty is the result of government policies that drastically reduced social expenditures and neglected those who are weakened", Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, founder of IFCJ.
