No child should go to bed hungry
No child should|go to bed|hungry...
Rescued food.|A full table.|Smiling children.
14,000 families|about 100,000 people|nationwide
One basket from you|is a whole week|of meals like these
We rescue food and bring full baskets to 14,000 families across Israel.
Every shekel you give becomes about ₪6.42 worth of food.
From the logistics center to the family table
Every morning our trucks leave the logistics center in Petah Tikva, loaded with food we rescued and baskets our volunteers packed. That is how 14,000 families, about 100,000 people, receive a regular food basket - thanks to donors like you.
Beit Lechem Yehuda was founded in 5773 (2013) as an aid organization for families in distress, people in need, widows and orphans, single-parent families, people with disabilities and the elderly. The organization began by distributing loaves of bread and bags of milk, the most essential basic products. Over the years, thanks to partnerships with companies, factories and farms across Israel, it has expanded to food rescue and regular distributions of fruits and vegetables, dry food, dairy products, cleaning products, baby products and other household items.
Reaching people in need all over Israel
Helping families in distress, all over Israel
All year round we look after those who need help most: families in distress, single-parent families, the elderly, people with disabilities, widows and orphans. Every basket leaves our logistics center and goes straight to the family's home.
Our work in numbers
982 volunteers, 2,285 tons of food a year, 14,000 families. It all starts with your donation.
a regular food basket
distributed every year
for the holidays
active
Our partners
Companies, factories and farms from all over Israel that donate food and products. Thanks to them, the basket arrives full.
Stories from the field
My husband and I both work full time, on minimum wage. All our income goes on rent and on electricity, water and daycare. There is not a shekel left for food. Your food saves me from the shame of hunger, week after week.
Hannah S., a mother working full time
From our activities
Moments from the logistics center, the distributions and our volunteers. Click an image to enlarge it.
Rescuing food and distributing it to families
Setting out every morning
Every morning the organization's staff and volunteers set out all over Israel. The organization helps families in distress from every part of Israeli society, across as wide a geographic area as possible.
Collecting tens of tons of food
Every day we collect tens of tons of food donated with love by Israeli businesses: from factories, farms and companies all over the country.
Everything arrives at the logistics center
During the day the goods are gathered at our logistics center in Ramat Siv, Petah Tikva, where the food and products are stored and packed.
The organization's transport fleet
The food is transported in the organization's trucks and commercial vehicles. Two refrigerated trucks make sure that dairy and chilled products also arrive fresh.
Sorting and repacking
At the logistics center the goods are sorted and repacked as needed, and kept in the right conditions until they go out for distribution.
Off to the distribution points
The packed baskets go out to the distribution points, and from there on to families all over Israel.
About 14,000 families receive a food basket
That is how about 14,000 families in distress receive a regular food basket, weekly or monthly. Behind every basket are staff, volunteers and companies who give with love.
About 100,000 people nationwide
About 100,000 people receive food baskets from us. And the next morning, it all starts again. For the trucks to leave tomorrow too - we need you.
From the media
When the war halted donations and the cost of living raised the number of people asking for help, the media covered it. We are still here, and we need you.
Sharp rise in requests for food baskets from people in need
The war has halted donations: food charities warn of harm to families in need
Beit Lechem Yehuda: who is saving the hungry babies?
Due to the cost of living: an unusual rise in the number of people seeking help
Fears of a humanitarian disaster in Bnei Brak: "Donors have become people in need"
Who sent bread to the Knesset members?
"It's saving them": the Israelis helping Bnei Brak residents
Elad police officers volunteered to pack fruits and vegetables for families in distress
Beit Lechem Yehuda launches a fight against bread prices in Israel
A third of the public wants to help families in need in their area, mainly by collecting food
A sad new phenomenon: food baskets stolen from charities
Under fire: Beit Lechem Yehuda distributed food baskets to residents of shelled Kiryat Shmona
Food charities warn: the war has halted donations, thousands of families at risk ahead of Purim
Special donation campaign: "The country is divided, we choose to unite"
