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January 22, 2026, 10:53 pm
Holocaust survivors are still with us. Let’s make sure they’re not alone.
Tens of thousands of Holocaust survivors live in poverty. Remembrance must be matched with urgent action — now. Support Latet, Israel’s largest NGO fighting poverty.
By Gilles Darmon
A homeless person in the streets of Jerusalem. December 18, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ FLASH90)
December 9, 2025, 9:32 pm
Over quarter of families suffer from food insecurity, as living costs jump – study
Latet charity says 867,256 families in Israel, including 1.2 million children, struggle to get proper nutrition, as economic war toll and rise in cost of living squeeze incomes
By Sharon Wrobel
A young Jewish boy eats at the Yad Ezra V'Shulamit center in Jerusalem, which serves hot lunch every day to more than 1,200 children under the poverty line. September 27, 2011. (Uri Lenz/Flash90)
September 22, 2025, 7:00 am
More than a quarter of Israeli families suffer from food insecurity, report finds
Non-profit Latet says 2.8 million Israelis struggle to get proper nutrition, including 1.3 million children, as war and rising cost of living squeeze household income
By Sharon Wrobel
Volunteers for Latet fill backpacks with basic educational supplies for the new school year. (Yakir Amos)
August 31, 2025, 10:05 pm
As children go back to school, two reports detail vast socio-economic gaps
A third of parents foregoing certain lunchbox foods due to cost; 67% of low income families say children lack basic school supplies; 84% unable to fund afterschool programs
By Sue Surkes
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Sofia, 93, a Holocaust survivor who receives monthly assistance from Latet
September 6, 2023, 9:21 pm
A little something that will do a lot of good – sending a greeting to Holocaust survivors in honor of the Jewish New Year
Meta/Facebook in Israel produced a series of Instagram Stories together with Holocaust survivors and Israeli celebrities and influencers ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah) in Israel, April 2022. (Screenshots)
April 25, 2022, 7:08 pm
Facebook taps Holocaust survivors, Israeli celebrities for remembrance project
‘Sharing Memories’ initiative, now in 2nd year, brings together survivors and influencers for series of Instagram Stories geared toward younger audiences on Yom Hashoah
By Ricky Ben-David
An unhoused man seen outside a grocery shop in the city center of Jerusalem on December 15, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 23, 2021, 5:14 pm
Over 2.5 million Israelis live in poverty, among them 1.1 million kids, report finds
Charity organization Latet also says proportion of households close to poverty line, experiencing food insecurity and financial distress, rose to nearly 25% since pandemic began
By Ricky Ben-David
A man searches in a garbage container in downtown Jerusalem, August 17, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 9, 2020, 1:35 pm
Number of Israelis in poverty shot up 50% since pandemic’s start, report finds
Latet, a charity, says 143,000 families are newly food insecure, while poor children are missing lessons and meals and are too ashamed to invite friends home
By Sue Surkes
Preparations for the new school year at Orot Etzion school in the settlement of Efrat, on August 17, 2020. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
August 30, 2020, 9:49 am
Teachers and parents threaten strike ahead of start of school year
Tel Aviv court to hold hearing, 3 days before schools set to open; virus cabinet expected to discuss plan that could see school closures in highly infected cities
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Students and teacher at Hashalom School in Mevaseret Zion, near Jerusalem, May 17, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 28, 2020, 9:56 am
50,000 Israeli kids lack basic school supplies, 20% without computers, internet
As school year set to start with unprecedented reliance on remote learning amid pandemic, charity report says tens of thousands of children don’t have all the equipment they need
By ToI Staff
One of the activities held during the year for Latet teens, a non-profit organization that will hold a sleepaway experience in July 2020, with help from the Summer Camps Israel forum (Courtesy Latet)
June 13, 2020, 12:30 pm
Pack a duffel, there are sleepaway camps for Israeli kids this summer
Summer Camps Israel gathers a forum of 30 camps and youth organizations in order to create better summertime options
By Jessica Steinberg
Volunteers sort produce at the warehouse of Leket Israel, the country's largest food-rescue organization. (Ben Sales/JTA)
March 17, 2020, 5:10 pm
Food charities call on government to chip in during virus crises
With mass layoffs expected, demand will be even higher, groups say, seeking assistance similar to that planned for small and medium businesses
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
A man looks through garbage in the Florentin neighborhood of Tel Aviv. November 12, 2019 (Sara Klatt/FLASH90)
December 31, 2019, 4:13 pm
1.8 million Israelis, half of them children, live in poverty — government
National Insurance Institute report ranks country’s child poverty rates second to bottom in OECD; MK decries ‘one of the deepest social crises’ Israel has known
By ToI Staff
People walk by a homeless man sleeping on the street, near cafes in the center of Jerusalem. November 10, 2013. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90/File)
December 9, 2019, 9:07 am
Nearly one-fifth of Israelis suffer from food insecurity, report says
Survey by aid organization Latet says some 2.3 million Israelis are poor, including a million children, though figures slightly improved over last year
By ToI Staff
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
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