Passover is a time to recognize our responsibility for one another and celebrate our community that continues to come together to help here at home and around the world.

Discover how our partner agencies in Israel celebrated the holiday:

Latet hosted a food drive with thousands of volunteers, to collect and distribute Passover food boxes to more than 200,000 families in need. They also hosted an early Pesach Party for Holocaust survivors, for the first time in two years!  

Volunteers at the Michael Levin Center for Lone Soldiers prepared and delivered hundreds of Passover meals and groceries to lone soldiers celebrating in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

Olim BeYachad hosted 100 Ariella program students from all over Israel to celebrate and connect with their Ethiopian culture and heritage, including building a mud hut, dressing in traditional outfits and learned about their heritage empowers them in their daily lives and how it builds them as future leaders in their communities and in Israeli society.

Leket Israel hosted a “Glean for the Needy” event, where families were invited to pick vegetables from fields located in central Israel for distribution to needy families. Check out this cookbook, featuring recipes for Passover and more. Latet hosted a food drive with thousands of volunteers, to collect and distribute Passover food boxes to more than 200,000 families in need. They also hosted an early Pesach Party for Holocaust survivors, for the first time in two years!

BINA hosted a public education session on Pesach and renewal. It also included a community meal with produce harvested from their community gardens. 

WATCH: Philadelphia's Special Passover Message from Israel

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