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Funds raised through Myisrael's Match Fund Campaign will support vulnerable Israelis facing trauma, bereavement, poverty and mental health challenges. Photo: Myisrael
June 17, 2026, 12:57 pm
Myisrael raises £1.17m in 36 hours to support vulnerable Israelis
More than 3,300 donors helped surpass fundraising target hours early, backing trauma, mental health and poverty support projects
By Annabel Sinclair
Women of faith leaders and community representatives gather at the University of Birmingham summit on tackling hate and social division.
May 21, 2026, 4:19 pm
Women of faith unite against hate and division at Birmingham summit
Jewish and Muslim speakers reflected on recent hate attacks as nearly 100 women gathered to discuss community cohesion
By Annabel Sinclair
Bayla Perrin, CEO of the Paperweight Trust, with Baroness Sherlock, Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions
March 26, 2026, 12:44 pm
The direct impact of a global crisis on Britain’s most economically vulnerable
We have become too used to living from shock to shock. The pandemic, then inflation, then energy prices, and now the possibility that this war will once again push up costs at home
By Bayla Perrin
Client numbers have surged according to Paperweight
March 23, 2021, 2:24 pm
Numbers needing help with finances ‘off the scale’ warns communal charity
More people are seeking help for their finances, says Paperweight, amid fears the problem could get worse a year into the pandemic
By Josh Salisbury
Palestinian mother Yara with her son Ali, 15, who suffers from cerebral palsy, as one million children in Gaza are enduring "unlivable" conditions amid widespread power cuts, according to a leading NGO Save The Children. Photo credit: Save the Children/PA Wire
September 5, 2017, 9:26 am
One million children in Gaza in ‘unlivable’ conditions, Save the Children warns
Humanitarian NGO calls on Israel to lift restrictions on the Palestinian Hamas-run coastal enclave to improve quality of life
By Jewish News Reporter
April 14, 2016, 11:16 am
Israel has highest child poverty in developed world
As a percentage of the population, it's higher in Israel than Chile, Turkey, Mexico and Romania
By Stephen Oryszczuk
January 11, 2016, 1:07 pm
Israel’s food bank blasts 1.3m tonnes of waste with 2m people below poverty
Lawrence Stein
January 7, 2016, 1:24 pm
OPINION: Statistics that shame us all about the sorry plight of Israel’s poorest
June 3, 2014, 12:36 pm
OPINION: Poverty takes shine off Israel’s achievements
Merom Hagalil, where a third of households are under the care of welfare services
March 24, 2014, 7:57 am
OPINION: Help build a future for Israelis living in poverty
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