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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 429

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Volunteers at the Oregon Food Bank, 2023. (Screenshot via YouTube/ via JTA)
July 21, 2024, 3:26 am
When Portland charities condemned Israel, Jewish philanthropy was put to the test
After Oct. 7, groups have issued strident and one-sided statements on the war in Gaza, causing local Jews to reconsider longstanding relationships – regardless of optics
By Andrew Lapin
A woman checks the bill at a supermarket. (M Stock, iStock photos at Getty Images)
June 21, 2023, 1:51 pm
International review finds Israel can do more to donate surplus food to needy
Global Food Donation Policy Atlas report recommends more tax breaks, legislative support to help put to good use some of the 2.6 million tons of food lost or wasted annually
By Sue Surkes
Using part of the Pittsburgh International Airport parking lot that has been left vacant by the COVID-19 pandemic, volunteers from the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank load boxes of food into cars during a drive-up food distribution, on April 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
September 16, 2021, 11:50 pm
US lawmakers backed by Jewish, Muslim groups push for kosher, halal food relief
Effort calling to assist observant individuals amid the COVID-19 pandemic is backed by Jewish, Muslim groups and lawmakers including Deutsch, Omar
By Ron Kampeas
A homeless man in Jerusalem. Under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel has emerged as one of the developed world’s most economically unequal countries. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 28, 2020, 12:32 pm
Coronavirus is driving thousands of people into hunger. Where is the state?
Charities shoulder most of the burden for food insecurity as a lack of government funding, and perhaps of will, leaves no guiding hand for largely helpless social welfare agencies
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative picture of a child. (Xavier_S, i-Stock photos at Getty Images)
November 25, 2020, 3:24 pm
With school out for months, hundreds of thousands of kids face food insecurity
400,000 children eligible for hot school meals are stuck at home due to coronavirus, falling between cracks as ministries fail to take responsibility, Knesset committee hears
By Sue Surkes
An elderly lady receives a meal delivery courtesy of Leket, the National Food Bank. (Courtesy, Leket)
August 26, 2020, 6:06 pm
National food bank faces rising demand for meals, plummeting food sources
Due to COVID-19, donations of unused prepared food from hotels, companies and army bases are down by more than half while demand for meals is up 50%
By Sue Surkes
Jacob Margolis, front left, was joined by his sister Sophie, his parents Elana and Ariel, and other volunteers who donned protective masks and gloves in the kitchen of The Chubby Chickpea, a food truck company in Boston owned by Avi Shemtov, to prep sandwiches to give to school kids and others in Sharon, Massachusetts. (Courtesy of Neil Morris/ via JTA)
March 26, 2020, 3:36 pm
In the Boston area, 2 Jewish chefs team up to feed kids while schools are closed
Neil Morris and Avi Shemtov, passionate about reducing waste and curbing food insecurity, step up when virus threatens to cut off a source of nutritious meals for the less affluent
By Penny Schwartz
Leket Israel collected 2.2 million cooked meals from institutions in 2018 to donate to soup kitchens and charities across Israel, like this archive photo of volunteers collecting uneaten food from a hotel. (Courtesy, Leket Israel)
March 24, 2020, 6:47 pm
NGO that gives meals to schoolkids in need will deliver to homes amid pandemic
NEVET and Leket Israel join forces to provide pre-packaged hot meals, ensure deprived children and their families continue to benefit from nutritional food
By Sue Surkes
Diana Lipton
January 1, 2018, 3:24 pm
Diana Lipton
Eat up!
Imagine if an app got us to pay attention to all the gory details about food production… Oh wait, Judaism can do that
Lior Vaknin
November 17, 2017, 4:07 pm
Lior Vaknin
Support Israel by ending hunger in America
The best possible ‘hasbara’ to create Israel’s good name is when Jews and Israelis do good for the world
A man searches the trash in a garbage container in the center of Jerusalem. (illustrative photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90)
December 15, 2016, 3:47 pm
1 in 5 families below poverty line and getting poorer, state says
More than half of Arab Israelis still poor, but poverty down among children, elderly, ultra-Orthodox, according to National Insurance Institute report
By Sue Surkes
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) testifies during a hearing in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2015. (Astrid Riecken/Getty Images/AFP)
March 2, 2016, 9:36 am
NY senator presses government over kosher food for charities
Kirsten Gillibrand queries Agriculture Department amid reports of shortages in supplies at food banks
By JTA
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