Number of Jewish families struggling to make ends meet rises by 20 percent United Synagogue's Chesed department says it now supports 'well over 700 families' around this time of year, compared to a pre-pandemic average of less than 600 The United Synagogue has said that the number of Jewish families struggling to make ends meet ahead of Pesach has risen by 20 percent. The organisation’s Chesed department now supports “well over 700 families” around this time of year, compared to a pre-pandemic average of less than 600, as it cited the “double blow of lost income during Covid and the...