Charity

Nearly three years after Oct. 7, Israeli donations keep climbing as philanthropy shifts to recovery

JGive CEO Ori Ben-Shlomo says donations rose from NIS 160 million before Oct. 7 to nearly NIS 400 million last year, as Israeli philanthropy shifts from emergency relief toward rehabilitation.

JGive founder and CEO Ori Ben Shlomo.
Salvaged fruit & vegetables are taken to collection points all over the city.

Giving surplus a second life, Jerusalem’s food rescuers are turning leftovers into a lifeline

Rabbi Ephraim Duchman, Director of Development of Colel Chabad, distributing gifts to children as Mrs. Rochel Marton looks on.

Picking up where he left off

The Charity Commission, the regulator of charities in England and Wales.

UK Charity Commission reopens Save One Life probe amid Hamas funding concerns


Prince Harry's charity cuts ties to Muslim women's group over leader's anti-Israel comments

The Archewell Foundation have cut ties with Wisconsin-based group, Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition, after receiving an inquiry from NewsNation.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

Dee family dedicates MDA ambulances to sisters, mother murdered in terror attack

The Dee family members were murdered in a shooting attack in April 2023. The daughters, Maia and Rina, died at the scene, and the mother, Lucy, succumbed to her wounds days later.

 Rabbi Leo Dee (L) with his daughter Keren Dee (R) posing with one of the ambulances donated in memory of their murdered relatives, March 2025.

Your Taxes: Charity goes digital

The tax breaks are not changing but the implementation is being upgraded.

Illustrative photo of Israeli money

Your Investments: Baseball and optimism, but don’t forget about those less fortunate

"To receive but not to give is, in Jewish geography as well as Jewish psychology, simply not life," said Rabbi Jonathan Sachs.

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Anti-US, anti-police sentiment increases 186% in pro-Palestinian groups since Oct. 7

Furthermore, the number of posts endorsing or promoting anti-American or anti-police violence increased by 3000%.

 Pro-Palestinian protesters burn an American Flag near the United Center where the Democratic National Convention is taking place on August 22, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. The convention runs through August 22.

UK charity reported to counter-terror police for potential funding of Hamas

The complainant added that the group's funds 'could provide material support for a proscribed terrorist group like Hamas.'

 A child sits with water containers as Palestinians gather to collect water amid shortages during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, July 29, 2024.

From tanks to drones: How to empower agile philanthropy - opinion

A strong, resilient, flourishing, and transformative Jewish future relies on new, innovative Jewish philanthropy.

 New Israeli Shekel banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken November 9, 2021.

Strategic philanthropy is crucial now - opinion

Our mission remains clear: to bolster Israel’s national resilience by ensuring that local systems from the North to the South have the support they need.

THE STRATEGIC active philanthropy model.

Israel and global Jewish communities need a new era of philanthropy - opinion

In the aftermath of Oct 7, it became clear that traditional philanthropic systems, both in Israel and across the global Jewish Diaspora, were ill-prepared for the challenge we faced.

 A woman wrapped in an Israel flag stands outside the place where mayor of Amsterdam Femke Halsema attends a press conference following the violence targeting fans of an Israeli soccer team, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 8, 2024.

Memories of the blue box: A look at the history of the KKL-JNF tzedakah box

The ubiquitous KKL-JNF blue box has been part of our reality for generations, with a history stretching back through the ages.

 A KKL-JNF tzedakah box is seen on a first-grader’s desk, Moshav Tsofit, 1954.