National Food Security Initiative Budget to Be Doubled

The Fellowship  |  December 17, 2024

Our President and CEO Yael Eckstein is promising that The Fellowship “will not stop until every single person in Israel who has a need for food receives the basics that they deserve.” The Jerusalem Post tells us more about our support of the National Food Security Initiative in the Holy Land:

The budget of the National Food Security Initiative will be nearly doubled after a decision reached this week by the Israeli High Court of Justice.

The initiative was founded by then-Welfare Minister and current Israel President Isaac Herzog. It is operated by Kollel Chabad, Israel’s longest continuously running social services organization, founded by the Alter Rebbe in 1788 and supported by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ). The funding increase comes from coalition agreement budgets.

“The Fellowship is committed to feeding as many people as we can, to finding those who need food, and to providing it to them,” Eckstein added. “We will not stop until every single person in Israel who has a need for food receives the basics that they deserve. It is such an honor to be involved in figuring out the important question of how we can feed more hungry people in Israel during these difficult times.”