Charity

Your Taxes: Israel moves charities online for tax breaks

Starting in 2026, details of each donation reported are immediately stored electronically on the ITA’s system. The donor can access these details online.

A charity donation box is seen in this illustrative photo taken March 22, 2023
 ABOUT 41% of Jerusalem families suffer from poverty, compared to about 20% in the rest of the country.

The war exposed Israel’s greatest social vulnerability - opinion

A charity donation box is seen in this illustrative photo taken March 22, 2023

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The majestic King David Hotel in Jerusalem

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Jewish billionaire couple falls off Forbes's Rich List after donating nearly half their fortune

While the pair fell of the Forbes list, they appeared high on a separate list released earlier this year highlighting the US’s most generous philanthropists.

Gold Isn't Going Up, Your Money Is Just Losing Value

IDF: Hamas diverted charity funds from ‘Qawafel al-Khair’ to military wing

Military intelligence says internal Hamas papers show meetings and payments in 2023 that funneled donations to the Al-Qassam Brigades.

Hamas terrorists stand near a International Red Cross (ICRC) vehicle, as a search for the bodies of killed Israeli hostages takes place, in Gaza City on November 2, 2025.

Budapest police says 31-year-old woman wore a wig, posed as charity worker to kidnap newborn

"I can't have children, so I stole the newborn, but i already regret it," the suspect told investigators.

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Kosher community fridge in Chicago’s Jewish suburbs arrives amid rising food insecurity

The community fridge offers free and fresh food that anyone can take anonymously.

Rabbi Hody Nemes stands in front of Hersh's Fridge, a community fridge that serves kosher-keeping Jews in Chicago.

'Rise and rebuild': KKL-JNF releases commemorative charity box to mark two years of resilience

The metal box was designed in hopes of telling the story of “Israeli resilience” since Hamas’s invasion on October 7, 2023, the organization shared.

KKL-JNF releases charity box themed on war and reconstruction to help Israel rebuild after two years of conflict.

Tzedakah: The happiness of giving instead of spending on ourselves - opinion

Spending money on others has a stronger, more lasting impact on happiness than spending it on ourselves.

VOLUNTEERS PRESENT food packages to elderly people in Tel Aviv last year. The pleasure of giving often feels different from the fleeting rush of acquiring something for ourselves, the writer notes.

Food aid groups face rising demand, dwindling donations ahead of Rosh Hashanah

A new survey by NGO Latet shows Israeli food charities are under pressure ahead of Rosh Hashana, with demand up, support down, and government

 A Latet volunteer takes a box of supplies for those in need, wearing a shirt saying, “Giving (latet) in times of war.”

Loneliness has a cure

With an optimistic, compassionate vision, a 237-year-old charity is ensuring that Israel’s seniors are not alone

More than 16,000 older adults are chronically lonely and have little to no contact with other people

The Orenstein Project: Fighting hunger and building hope in Israel - opinion

The Orenstein Project fights hunger in Israel, fulfilling Henry Orenstein’s vision that no child or elderly person in the Jewish state is left behind.

 A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR holds a Torah as he arrives at the entrance to Auschwitz for the annual March of the Living marking Holocaust Remembrance Day in May.

UKLFI and Campaign Against Antisemitism being investigated by UK Charity Commission - report

CAGE complained that UKLFI and CAA have helped legitimise Israel’s "racist, apartheid and genocidal policies," bringing "malicious complaints... to silence pro-Palestinian voices."

Supporters of pro-Palestinian campaign organization Palestine Action hold banners and flags outside London's High Court, July 4, 2025; illustrative.