Evan Rosenberg's '333.charity' deploys celebrities and branded 'merch' to raise funds for UJA-Federation of New York to distribute to elderly living under the poverty line

Thomas Piketty's research has helped define a debate about the consequences of concentrating so much money and property among so few

Oxfam warns 'devastating economic fallout of pandemic' could set back efforts against poverty in some areas of the world by decades

Experts say those living on the streets are more vulnerable to COVID-19; activists and government officials step up assistance

Among Arab and ultra-Orthodox communities, nearly two-thirds are considered poor, says National Council for the Child; Rivlin calls figures 'very worrying'

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

As the Jewish New Year arrives, organizations are mobilizing to provide elderly members of Jewish communities with a heartening holiday meal

UK chief rabbi tries to create 'Jewish foreign policy' with Ben Azzai program, which sends Jewish university students around the world to learn about poverty

According to the National Insurance Institute, almost 1.8 million people live below poverty line