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11/7/2012 1:51:00 PM

Food security a problem as one-quarte...

NATIONAL POST - Nov. 6, 2012. In an article about food insecurity in Israel that has been widely picked up by media sources on the web, the Media Line's Linda Gradstein investigates the reason why a large proportion of working Israelis simply don’t have enough money for food. Many of the food insecure are minimum wage earners or part-time earners, or people who are partially disabled. As the ...

11/4/2012 10:18:00 PM

Poverty and food insecurity in Israel

THE JERUSALEM POST - Nov. 4, 2012. Working families are struggling to make ends meet and many worry where their next meal is coming from. In Israel, signifcant levels of food insecurity and lack of substantial government assistance to address the problem, has spurred the formation of hundreds of food relief NGOs in recent years. As the National Food Bank and largest food rescue NGO, Leket Israe...

11/3/2012 8:01:00 PM

Mommy I'm Hungry: Poverty and Food In...

THE MEDIA LINE - Nov. 1, 2012. Israeli government statistics say that an estimated 1/4 of all Israeli citizens, including 837,000 children, are living in poverty. Half of these poor families have no wage earner. The JDC Brookdale Institute finds that the rate of poverty among families in Israel is the second highest of the OECD countries, and almost twice the OECD average. Working families sim...

6/3/2012 9:35:00 AM

Israeli food aid groups talk of strik...

JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY - May 31, 2012. According to a recent editorial in the JTA, Israeli food-aid NGOs may temporarily discontinue services to the needy if the government doesn't follow through on its promises to provide more than token support to this social welfare sector in the upcoming budget.

5/30/2012 10:13:00 AM

Food aid agencies threaten to strike

THE JERUSALEM POST - May 30, 2012. According to J Post correspondent Ruth Eglash, nonprofit organizations involved in distributing food to the country’s needy threatened to launch a public campaign in the coming days unless the government starts to address the nutritional needs of the thousands living below the poverty line. Leket Israel and Latet, Israel's two largest food aid agencies, told ...

9/6/2012 12:10:00 AM

Charity organizations see upswing in ...

THE TIMES OF ISRAEL -Sept. 5, 2012. According to multiple nonprofits, rising costs of food, fuel, and other basic needs has caused a sharp upswing in the number of people seeking food aid packages for Rosh Hashanah. 43% of Israelis have reduced the amount of food they’ve purchased in recent months as a result of rising costs. In addition, donations for holiday aid are significantly down which c...

7/10/2012 12:28:00 PM

PM announces NIS 100m. food aid program

THE JERUSALEM POST - July 9, 2012. PM Netanyahu announced Monday the allocation of NIS 100m for a new food aid program, after a similar move 2 years ago was never funded. Leket Israel & Latet, Israel's 2 largest food aid agencies, in a joint statement told the J Post this step showed that the government is finally taking some responsibility to solve a problem that “until now has only been addre...

2/29/2012 1:56:00 PM

Knesset to discuss new food-aid initi...

JERUSALEM POST - Feb. 27, 2012. A new initiative designed by the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia aims at instilling healthier eating habits among impoverished Israelis by creating a supermarket whereby people can come and chose the fresh fruit and vegetables that they like. The elderly or infirm will also be able to order food from home using touchscreen technology. The Knesset Cau...

11/9/2011 6:36:00 PM

Focus on Global Hunger

PALM BEACH DAILY NEWS - Nov. 3, 2011. In an effort to draw attention to food injustice and global hunger, Palm Beach's Temple Israel will observe Global Hunger Shabbat. As part of the program, Palm Beach teens are encouraged to sign up for the HIP Teen Israel Experience where they can volunteer with Leket Israel, the National Food Bank, to pick and pack produce that will go directly to feed I...

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