NPOs: 40% More Seek Food Aid
The number of people seeking food aid has risen by forty percent this year in advance of the Passover holiday, non-profit aid groups reported Tuesday. Eran Weintraub, director of the aid group Latet, warned that groups could need NIS 30 million to provide for families over the holiday.
Weintraub estimated that appeals for aid would spike later in the year, as thousands who lost their jobs in the beginning of the year begin to seek aid.
The number of people seeking food aid has risen by forty percent this year in advance of the Passover holiday, non-profit aid groups reported Tuesday. Eran Weintraub, director of the aid group Latet, warned that groups could need NIS 30 million to provide for families over the holiday.(israelnationalnews.com March, 09)
Is Unemployment Down? - Understanding the Statistics
For the first time in 13 years, the number of unemployed Israelis has dropped below 200,000 people, constituting only 6.6% of the workforce. Some 44,000 people entered the work force over the last year, primarily due to rapid economic growth... According to Central Bureau of Statistics figures, the unemployment rate has been falling faster than expected, by a monthly rate of 0.1-0.2 percent a month...(israelnationalnews January 21, '08)
