Free Shuk Day In Or Akiva
Friday, January 21, 2020 was “Free Shuk Day” at Meir Panim’s Or Akiva branch. Without a doubt, this is the highlight of the week! This weekly program is attended by local youth who volunteer to put together food packages for impoverished families in the community. Even though it was raining, the 6th-grade volunteers from Akiva […]
BBQ Delight For Meir Panim Jerusalem Clients
Natan, the Jerusalem Branch manager, came up with a fun and exciting idea, a BBQ!!! While Meir Panim serves warm, nutritious meals to its clients each day, this was an especially exciting meal. It’s not every day that our clients are able to enjoy a barbecue. Meir Panim strives to find new and exciting ways […]
Dimona Branch Manager Visits Nearby IDF Army Base
Nissim the Dimona Branch manager traveled to a nearby army base, to pay a special visit to the chef and staff at Ir Habadim. Ir Habadim is the largest army training facility in the entire country of Israel. It is literally the size of a city, and for this reason, it’s called “Ir” which in […]
Shocking Statistics into Israel Poverty
According to an annual report published by Bituach Leumi (National Insurance Institute) in December of 2018, over 1.8 million Israelis – including 800,000 children – are living below the poverty line. Analysts are not predicting a dramatic change, leaving the data to be shocking and concerning. This means that Israel, a country so small and the size of New […]
Tiberias Features Special Volunteers
Our branch manager in Tiberias,Yehudit, relocated from a Gaza adjacent city a number of years ago. She still has a daughter and grandchildren living near Gaza. After days of constant rockets in early November, it was safe enough for people to travel on the roads. This prompted her daughter to want to drive to northern […]
Routine Returns to Sderot
At Meir Panim, we had a sigh of relief once a ceasefire in Israel was reached and respected. Young minds slowly became more at ease. And while there have been a number of rockets fired in the area since, relative normalcy has returned to Sderot and our youth centers. Soon afterwards, young teens celebrated the […]
Normalcy Returns to Sderot
At Meir Panim, we are thankful for the sense of calm that has returned to the Sderot area. Our centers are back in motion. Professionals have been paying special attention to helping young adults who may be struggling with mental health issues from the situation. Here is our center’s wrap-up for early December: Neviim Center: […]
Bat Mitzvah Celebrated in Dimona
Meir Panim is honored to share a beautiful story from our Dimona branch this week! Earlier this fall a young lady named Sarit Rachel, who lives in the south in a Gaza adjacent community called Yishuv Shlomit, was preparing for her Bat Mitzvah. She wanted to add some meaning to the celebration and she along […]
Yeshiva Students Learn a Lesson
Meir Panim branches run on volunteers. Often, these young minds come from study gap programs between high school and college. It is rare that we are able to capture their expressions and experiences on camera. This time, we did. On December 17th, Five students from Lev Hatorah, a Yeshiva in Beit Shemesh, were told that […]
Children Volunteer at Or Akiva Center
On December 17, 2019, children visited the Or Akiva Meir Panim center. The “free shuk” was a unique activity where the children put together packages for the poor in Israel. Take a look at the video and see how well they performed their task. This is one illustration on how we can help others and […]
