Krembo Wings, which serves 9,000 children nationwide, says it lacks funding for this summer; Welfare Ministry blames past government for budget shortfall; MKs call for action

Report says lawmakers questioned residents at facility about 'assimilation,' asked they be given more Jewish content; industry official warns 'radical' agenda will impact treatment

Jerusalem municipality sells historic 'Katzin Ha'Ir' site to French Jewish businessman for commercial development

Local activist heading unique independent effort to help unhoused population told to stop giving aid and vacate three-story building in center of capital

Legislation could transform worlds of people with special needs and their families, providing boosts for housing, transportation, care, community services

Woman also refused to move into Welfare Ministry apartment with protection from security firm; 'We are not interested in a hiding place or a shelter,' woman's mother says

Investigation into Beit Dafna home for residents with disabilities to be conducted by fraud unit, weeks after Health Ministry cited 'severe deficiencies' in kitchen cleanliness

Officials say they discovered 'severe' deficiencies in facility's maintenance, overall cleanliness and kitchen; fecal bacteria found in several food samples

A team sent by the Health Ministry to the Beit Dafna shelter finds severe deficiencies in the facility's kitchen

Welfare and Social Affairs Minister Meir Cohen says action must be taken to ensure homes do not become 'a trap of violence and fear for so many women and children'