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.

Background

The organisation was founded in 2000 by Dudi Zilbershlag, a Haredi journalist, public relations expert and former chairman of Bikur Cholim Hospital in Jerusalem.
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.
The organization's annual budget in 2017 was around £5.6 million.

Programs

Meir Panim operates a network of Free Restaurants as well as other services for impoverished Israelis:
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 in the United States and Manna UK in the United Kingdom.