officially recognized Yad Ezra V’Shulamit who distribute food to Israel’s poor, as an Emergency Service. This means even as the country prepares for a full shut down, Yad Ezra V’Shulamit will continue delivering urgent food supplies to the poor of Israel.
Coronavirus is having a devastating effect on the most vulnerable in society. As businesses in Israel have been closed by the government until after Passover – schools, community centers, restaurants, malls, hotels, hairdressers – the hourly workers and widows who were already struggling to make ends meet are the most heavily hit. Now even their minimum income is gone.
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