Welfare Ministry
A generational crisis: Israel's most vulnerable children pay war's steepest price
How the Israel-Iran conflict has shattered the lives of at-risk children and youth
‘Just be you': How Israel can support individuals with disabilities - opinion
Foster family or residential care system? US study informs Israeli org. on how to care for orphans
The overlooked victims: Israel's vulnerable populations struggle as war diverts needed resources
State will halt funding for at-risk haredi yeshivot with students who don’t draft
The petition notes that many of these students are not studying Torah in a consistent manner, and often work off-the-books - in violation of the conditions for military exemption.
Grapevine, May 9, 2025: Bridges of hope
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Supreme Court ends tax-based food stamp criteria, expands eligibility
State representatives said that the food stamp program would expand to include more vulnerable groups, such as single mothers and Holocaust survivors.
Failing to learn from complaints: Israel’s Welfare and Social Affairs Ministry - comment
In essence, the ministry focuses on a case-by-case approach rather than employing a deeper, integrative, and structured examination of the content of the complaints received about social workers.
Health services prepare for emergency situation as northern front intensifies
Welfare and health ministries prepare evacuation, reinforce hospitals and social workers amid escalating Hezbollah-IDF conflict in northern Israel.
New welfare complex opens in east Jerusalem, expected to be city's largest
The opening of the complex is another step toward the establishment of the city's "Silicon Valley"—Kiryat Hi-tech plan, which is hoped will add thousands of jobs in the east of the city.
Gov't to approve 1.03% cut-off in ministries' budget for aid to Gaza border communities - report
The benefits for the evacuees will be financed by a sweeping 1% budget cut.
Israel offers NIS 10 million to orgs. who will treat young October 7 survivors
The potential target audience for these treatments consists of around 10,000 young people, said the Welfare Ministry, who anticipates that around 3,000 will make use of programs.
Of the 2,500 Holocaust survivors who experienced the October 7 massacre, 86 have died
Israel's Welfare and Social Affairs Ministry announced that 86 Holocaust survivors had died since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.
October orphans: Who cares for Israeli kids whose parents were killed by Hamas?
On October 7, Hamas made many children into orphans by killing their parents. Who takes care of these children now? The Magazine takes a look at this complex situation.
