Join our Community
Support ToI and remove all ads
Learn more

ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

housing benefits

Lakewood couple Shimi and Yocheved Nussbaum, arrested for benefits fraud on June 26, 2017. (Screen capture: Asbury Park Press)
July 6, 2017, 9:43 pm
6 more Jewish NJ couples charged in benefits fraud probe
Prosecutors say those indicted Thursday received nearly $400,000 illicitly; scandal has led to anti-Semitic backlash in Lakewood
By AP
Six Lakewood residents accused of benefits fraud appear in Ocean County Superior Court via video conference, June 28, 2017. (Screen capture: Asbury Park Press video)
June 30, 2017, 11:27 am
Lakewood rabbis warn that welfare fraud is ‘not justified’
Orthodox rabbinical council says arrest of 7 couples on charges of illegally claiming benefits is ‘a valuable teaching moment’
By JTA
Lakewood couple Shimi and Yocheved Nussbaum, arrested for benefits fraud on June 26, 2017. (Screen capture: Asbury Park Press)
June 28, 2017, 7:58 pm
New Jersey rabbi, others charged with multi-million-dollar welfare scam
Seven couples from ultra-Orthodox community in Lakewood accused of misrepresenting income to bilk public coffers
By AP
Lakewood couple Shimi and Yocheved Nussbaum, arrested for benefits fraud on June 26, 2017. (Screen capture: Asbury Park Press)
June 26, 2017, 9:49 pm
Rabbi, several others arrested in public benefits fraud case
Lakewood couples accused of claiming Medicare, housing subsidies, and food stamps by hiding large incomes
By David Porter
Yoav Gallant (right) inspects construction currently underway in the town of Harish, July 2, 2015. (Courtesy)
July 12, 2015, 8:55 pm
Minister suspends public housing evictions
Yoav Galant ‘wants to learn and examine the issue’ over the next few weeks, says official
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Prime Ministers Office in Jerusalem, December 21, 2014. (photo credit: Emil Salman/POOL)
December 21, 2014, 6:40 pm
Israel to inject NIS 660m into minority communities
Cabinet okays improvements to transportation infrastructure and industrial zones in Arab towns, tourism development in Nazareth
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: A housing construction site in Jerusalem, October 27, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 23, 2014, 6:41 am
Slump in housing sales as buyers wait for tax break
Finance minister’s dream of 0% VAT for first-home purchasers has pushed the property market into a waiting game
By Stuart Winer
Finance Minister Yair Lapid speaks at a conference, March 26, 2014 (Photo credit: Flash90)
March 26, 2014, 4:32 pm
Lapid resolute on housing plan: ‘Let me do my work’
Finance minister defends initiative to drop VAT on first homes, calls his critics ‘interested parties’
By Itamar Sharon
A little boy puts a hand on his grandfather's arm near his concentration camp prisoner number tattoo, in Jerusalem on May 24, 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 11, 2014, 9:53 am
State expands Holocaust survivor benefit eligibility
18,500 Israelis, recognized as Holocaust survivors but not poor enough to qualify in the past, to receive survivor grants
By Gavriel Fiske
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at a press conference with outgoing Communications Minister Moshe Kahlon, announcing Kahlon as his intended new head of the Israel Lands Authority, January 20, 2013 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
January 20, 2013, 10:35 pm
Netanyahu names popular Likud minister as new lands chief
Surprise appointment of Moshe Kahlon at Israel Land Administration aimed to cut housing prices, PM says; opposition slams election ‘gimmick’
By Adiv Sterman
Housing and Construction Minister Ariel Atias, of the ultra-orthodox Shas party, looks over a construction site on June 22, 2012. (photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)
November 30, 2012, 6:12 am
Court demands gov’t explain housing subsidies criteria
Petitioners claim current system unfairly benefits haredim; state must answer why it didn’t discuss recommendations to establish new criteria last summer
By Sam Ser
Load More
Sign in or Register
Please use the following structure: example@domain.com
Or Continue with
By registering you agree to the terms and conditions
Register to continue
Or Continue with
Log in to continue
Sign in or Register
I forgot my password / Send me a sign in link
Or Continue with
check your email
Check your email
We sent an email to you at .
It has a link that will sign you in.
Never miss breaking news on Israel
Get notifications to stay updated
You're subscribed
image
Register for free
and continue reading
Registering also lets you comment on articles and helps us improve your experience. It takes just a few seconds.
Already registered? Enter your email to sign in.
Please use the following structure: example@domain.com
Or Continue with
By registering you agree to the terms and conditions. Once registered, you’ll receive our Daily Edition email for free.
Register to continue
Or Continue with
Log in to continue
Sign in or Register
I forgot my password / Send me a sign in link
Or Continue with
check your email
Check your email
We sent an email to you at .
It has a link that will sign you in.