Tzedakah (Charity) in Israel

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JUN

Poverty? What Poverty

Posted by admin under Disposable Income, Getting By In Israel, Poverty in Israel, Social Justice

My laptop is down for a couple weeks. Some hard-drive problem. Thank G-D its still under warrenty. So, for a lack of a place to work I headed off to the Aroma Cafe to use their free netbooks while sipping ice-coffee. While getting some work done I came to realize that were are many other people there that were there simply to have a bite, meet a friend, relax, whatever.

AT 17 SHEKELS a cup it dawned on me that not all israelis are in poverty. Yes, the current word on that is that 25% of Israelis are in poverty. Many many more are not however. There are plenty of people who have the cash to relax, to relieve stress, to just get out.

For some, this is a choice. That is, they work hard, or perhaps even work smart, and of course, spend smart, and thus avoid debt and avoid poverty.

THE CHALLENGE for us all is, how do we make it so that everyone can “Have Their Cake and Eat it Too!?