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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.
Singer Ed Sheeran appears on NBC's "Today" show at Rockefeller Center in New York, U.S., June 6, 2023.

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Food basket distribution: Snir Association for Equal Opportunity.

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Republican US Senate candidate Mike Rogers, at left, looks on as Rabbi Asher Lopatin, the former director of Community Relations at the Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor, speaks in support of his campaign in Detroit, Michigan, Aug. 20, 2026.

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For Passover: Donate to needy families with the click of a button via Wolt

For the holiday, Wolt, in collaboration with Paz Group, will allow donations of food packages to the elderly and needy families through the Latet organization.

 Wolt's social initiative

Passover with meaning: Unique holiday gift sets to support cancer patients

The Israeli Cancer Association offers holiday gift sets for Passover, with the proceeds going towards funding support for cancer patients and promoting medical research in the field.

 Gift set for someone special

Cleaning the house for Passover? You can save lives

Ahead of Passover, "the Israeli cleaning holiday," the organization Haverim Le'refuah is calling on the public to donate unused medications to help save others.

 Found any pills? Someone needs them

A heartwarming women’s gathering

Make-A-Wish Israel hosts inspirational event at Rina Pushkarna’s Tandoori Restaurant


Meir Panim preps for Passover amidst an ongoing conflict

 Children of reservists from Sderot enjoying pizza.

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.

Purim with meaning: Unique holiday packages to support cancer patients

Ahead of Purim, the Israeli Cancer Association is offering a variety of unique gift packages for purchase, inviting the public to participate in the mitzvah and support the fight against cancer.

 Medium Purim package, the Israeli Cancer Association

Double donation: We invite you to do good on Purim

The Yours Consumer Club has teamed up with the Larger Than Life Association to bring joy to children with cancer and support them and their families through the purchase of sweet Mishloach Manot.

 Purim packages - Yours Consumer Club

500 days on, the Jewish Agency's Fund for Victims of Terror is helping Israel heal

The report reviews the scope of the damage inflicted since the beginning of the Iron Swords War, and reveals the investment in rehabilitation, totaling NIS 85,528,480, over the last 15 months.

 CEO of The Jewish Agency, Yehuda Setton; Chair of The Jewish Agency’s Fund for the Victims of Terror, Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin; and Chairman of The Jewish Agency, Maj. Gen. (res.) Doron Almog; present the report to First Lady Michal Herzog (second from left).

Crowdfunding campaigns for freed hostages spark debate over state support

These campaigns have prompted mixed responses from Israelis, with some wishing the returned hostages well and others wonder how it can be that they do not have all their needs met by the government.

 Yulie (left), Ella (center), and Raz Ben Ami (right) at a press confrence following Ohad Ben Ami's release, February 9, 2025.