Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that ahead of Rosh Hashanah the government will triple to 18 million shekels ($5.3 million) in financial support for food banks and hunger-relief organizations. A budget of 9 million shekels ($2.6 million) will also be allocated for food parcels for the holiday, he said.
The announcement followed a meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem of Netanyahu, Finance Minister Israel Katz and Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services Minister Itzik Shmuli with representatives of nonprofit hunger-relief organizations.
The prime minister said that the increase in food support was intended to demonstrate the government's commitment to those in need.
Reprinted with permission from JNS.org.
