Israel Receives Shocking Wake-Up Call Following Childhood Poverty Report
The recently released “UNICEF’s Innocenti Fairness for Children Report Card 14,” which ranks child poverty in 41 advanced European countries and members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), has lead to a shocking array of information, especially for Israel. The UN’s child welfare agency reported that Israel has one of the worst records […]
As Israelis Celebrate 50 Years of a United Jerusalem, Many Residents Still Go Hungry
Jerusalem Day this year marked the 50th anniversary of the reunification of the holiest city in the world. Free activities in the Old City and surrounding areas included musical performances, a parade, a prayer service at the Western Wall and tours of different historical sites. Israelis and Jews worldwide viewed the reunification of Jerusalem as […]
Thank You to JCF Youth Philanthropy Board of Greater Phoenix!
The Jewish Community Foundation Youth Philanthropy Board of Greater Phoenix has generously agreed to partially fund Meir Panim’s TikvaHope after-school program in Sderot, a southern Israeli city that borders Gaza.
Sderot Youth Club Building a Future for Youth at Risk
The “Bomb Shelter Capital of the World,” Israel’s southern city of Sderot, was recently toured by world-renowned Cantor Avi Albrecht. Albrecht, a long-term Board Member of American Friends of Meir Panim, was particularly interested in the work of the Meir Panim-sponsored Ben Gurion Youth Club, which provides a safe haven for the city’s children. Daniel […]
Hebrew Academy of Nassau County Students Choose Meir Panim for Mitzvah Project
We were thrilled to learn that the Lower School students of Hebrew Academy of Nassau County chose American Friends of Meir Panim for their Maot Chittim project this year. Their tireless efforts resulted in a generous contribution and went toward Meir Panim’s holiday food packages for Passover, giving sustenance to thousands of needy Israelis.
Want to Help Israel’s Hungry? All You Have to Do Is EAT!
On Monday, May 15, 2017, communities across the United States will join together in dining at participating Kosher restaurants to feed hungry Israelis. 10% of proceeds will go toward funding Meir Panim’s Restaurant-Style Soup Kitchens in Israel. 1.7 million Israelis live in poverty – and 800,000 of them are vulnerable children. For more than a […]
“America Eats for Israel” Program Aims to Raise Funds for Meir Panim’s Work Feeding Needy Israelis
On Tuesday, May 15, 2018, communities across the United States will join together in dining at participating Kosher restaurants to feed hungry Israelis. 10% of proceeds will go toward funding Meir Panim‘s lifesaving work in Israel. 1.7 million Israelis live in poverty – and 800,000 of them are vulnerable children. Meir Panim’s projects include Restaurant-Style […]
Retired Couple Shows Compassion to Israel’s Hungry
Jon and Anna Crane, a Christian couple from Scott City, Kansas, love the Holy Land and its citizens. Following three visits with tour groups to Israel over the years, including one with Robert Stearns of Eagle’s Wings, they decided to spend three months in Israel in order to better experience daily life in the country.
Government Releases New ‘National Priority Map’ for Subsidies
For the first time, Israel’s government approved a map of the social periphery for use by all government ministries. The map includes weak neighborhoods and settlements, which have not yet been answered in the framework of the decision on priority towns. The map includes a response to weak or neglected neighborhoods in Lod, Ramle, Ariel, Kiryat […]
Seven Baltimore Restaurants Help Hungry Israeli Families
“More than a decade ago, students of Yeshivat Rambam and the Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School led an initiative to raise money for Meir Panim, an Israeli agency that offers food and social service programs to alleviate the harmful effects of poverty and to assist needy Israelis to break out of the cycle of poverty.” […]
