'Sharing Memories' initiative, now in 2nd year, brings together survivors and influencers for series of Instagram Stories geared toward younger audiences on Yom Hashoah

Charity organization Latet also finds number of households close to the poverty line, experiencing food insecurity and financial distress, rose to nearly 25% since pandemic began

Latet, a charity, says 143,000 families are newly food insecure, while poor children are missing lessons and meals and are too ashamed to invite friends home

Tel Aviv court to hold hearing, 3 days before schools set to open; virus cabinet expected to discuss plan that could see school closures in highly infected cities

As school year set to start with unprecedented reliance on remote learning amid pandemic, charity report says tens of thousands of children don't have all the equipment they need

Summer Camps Israel gathers a forum of 30 camps and youth organizations in order to create better summertime options

Organizations say with mass layoffs expected demand will be even higher, ask for assistance similar to that planned for small and medium businesses

National Insurance Institute report ranks country's child poverty rates second to bottom in OECD; MK decries 'one of the deepest social crises' Israel has known

Survey by aid organization Latet says some 2.3 million Israelis are poor, including a million children, though figures slightly improved over last year