Meir Panim

Meir Panim is a nonprofit organization based in Israel, with branches in several cities. The charity provides meals to the poor, running campaigns around the Jewish holidays.[1]

Background

The organisation was founded in 2000[2] by Dudi Zilbershlag, a Haredi journalist, public relations expert and former chairman of Bikur Cholim Hospital in Jerusalem.[3]

Racheli Ivanbaum, a Haredi woman, raised in Tel Aviv in a family of Gur Hasidim, now residing in Jerusalem is the organization's managing director. Ivanbaum expanded the organization to include a staff of 45 employees and 8,000 volunteers.[4][5]

The organization's annual budget in 2017 was around £5.6 million (around US$7.25 million).[6]

Programs

Meir Panim operates a network of Free Restaurants as well as other services for impoverished Israelis:[2]

  • Food shopping card distribution
  • Meals for children
  • Meals on wheels
  • After school clubs for children and teens
  • Food deliveries prior to the Jewish Holidays

Branches

The organization operates in a number in Israel, including Jerusalem, Haifa, Safed, among others.

Two other branches formed to raise funds from the Jewish Diaspora, the American Friends of Meir Panim (AFMP) in the United States[7] and Manna UK in the United Kingdom.[8]

References
  1. "להתחיל שנה טובה: תורמים ארוחת חג לנזקקים". m.ynet.co.il.
  2. "About Us".
  3. "Haredi businessman allegedly blackmailed over financial dispute". Haaretz com.
  4. "רחלי איבנבוים - מנכ"לית עמותת מאיר פנים מנפצת הסטיגמות". גלובס. 1 March 2012.
  5. "בואו לארח חיילים ומשפחות בליל הסדר". m.ynet.co.il.
  6. "Meir Panim helping those the system fails". The Jewish Chronicle.
  7. "About Us - Friends of Meir Panim".
  8. "Home". Manna.


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