food stamps

Adena Rochelson stocks shelters and pantries with needed toiletries

Dubbing her project “Operation Soap Dish,” this 15-year-old partners with supermarkets, toiletry manufacturers, synagogues, churches and fraternities at nearby Syracuse University to collect and distribute more than 28,000 items.

By Suzanne Kurtz Sloan January 15, 2015 12:34 pm

JCPA issues hunger challenge

The Jewish Council for Public Affairs is appealing to Jewish Americans to join a challenge to live on $29.40 for a week to bring attention to the 45 million Americans who live on food stamps.

December 4, 2014 10:28 am

Groups praise child nutrition law, with qualms

Jewish groups praised the renewal of a law funding school meals, but expressed concern that it was financed in part by money designated for food stamps.

December 3, 2010 7:21 pm