Yad Eliezer - In The Press

In The Press

Yad Eliezer - Helping to break the cycle of poverty in Israel today

11/1/2011 — Yad Eliezer is Israel’s largest poverty relief agency. It began in 1980 in the kitchen of the Weisel family in Jerusalem... Read More
Connecting to the Source of Chessed

8/31/2010 — As the days tick down to Rosh Hashanah, Jews mindful of the Rambam’s injunction that each person should view himself at every moment as if his mitzvos and aveiros are... Read More
Financial Times: Israelis' Seek to Erase 'Mark of Disgrace'

2/8/2008 — Chani has painted flowers on the damp walls of the tiny room shared by her five children, but the effort has done little to brighten up the family’s dark, cramped basement flat in one... Read More
Collecting Diamonds with Yad Eliezer

12/28/2005 — Eric Bost, the Undersecretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services at the Department of Agriculture in the United States, visited Israel recently in order to advise top Israeli... Read More
Gaza: The Long Way Home

9/24/2009 — 28 Elul 5769 It is always hard to sit down and write since writing doesn't come naturally to me and the words don't necessarily flow easily, but as the events of the year have played out... Read More
Hashem Helps the Givers, Parts I and II

10/18/2006 — Part I In 1971, a Chassidishe yungerman with $500 in extra money from his wedding decided to start a gemach... Read More
Aish.com: Love's Pantry

3/5/2005 — This is the Bat Mitzvah party that 12-year-old Ayelet of Brooklyn, New York did not have: An elegant affair with an orchestra, lush floral centerpieces, and a Viennese dessert table, with... Read More
Arutz Sheva: Food Prices Up, Food Exports Down

7/7/2008 — A five-year running climb in food exports has been reversed, due to the weak dollar and high food production costs... Read More
Aish.com: Milka's Art of Giving

2/24/2007 — They say, "Art imitates life," but Milka Benziman's paintings, exhibited this month at the prestigious Jerusalem Theatre, seem totally incongruous with her life... Read More
AP: US Rabbi Spearheads Care Package Campaign For Israeli Troops

1/8/2008 — (AP) Troops won't have to dry their underwear on tank carriers thanks to a New York rabbi who raised more than $100,000 in two days to buy care packages for soldiers involved in Israel's... Read More
Bar Mitzvah Highlights

6/2/2007 — None of the highlights of my son's Bar Mitzvah took place at the Bar Mitzvah... Read More
A Slice of Hope

11/5/2008 — Carefully gripping a knife, Tova focuses intently on the tomato that her neighbor has given her... Read More
Texas Jewish Post: Ask The Rabbi

12/14/2008 — Dear Readers, Last week I shared with you some feelings from my recent trip to Israel... Read More
The Jerusalem Post: A Hand and a Heart

12/19/2008 — It is Friday afternoon, and while most households are preparing for Shabbat, Milka Ben-Ziman is at Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital visiting cancer patients... Read More
Care Packages to Gaza

1/10/2009 — January 6, 2009 - I live in Beit Shemesh, Israel. It's about 28 miles (45 kilometers) from Gaza as the crow flies... Read More
Begging To Do a Mitzvah

6/2/2009 — Rabbi Yaakov and Hadassah Weisel had no qualifications for founding Israel's largest anti-hunger organization, except for a burning desire to do mitzvot... Read More