Yad Ezra
2850 W. 11 Mile Road
Berkley, MI 48072
Phone: (248) 548-3663
Fax: (248) 548-3207
[email protected]
Office Hours
Mon - Thur: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Fri: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Sun: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Client Pick-Up Hours
Sun 12 p.m. – 2 p.m
Mon 10 a.m. – 12 p.m
Wed 10 a.m. – 12 p.m
Thurs 6 p.m – 8 p.m
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My Experience Volunteering – 2025 Join Intern
This weekend I had the opportunity to volunteer at the Sunday serving session with my mom. She had never been to Yad Ezra before, so it was cool to see her experience everything for the first time. Also, this was my first time doing it on my own. I had volunteered during a Monday serving […]
What is Kosher?
Yad Ezra is a kosher supplemental food pantry which means we provide additional food to supplement our clients’ diets. Each client gets an allotted amount of food each month that should last them 4 weeks, but in conjunction with other food they get from somewhere else. So now that we have that part covered, what […]
Non Profits
Around the world, there are many non-profits that help people with many different things, and many people know the more famous ones like Red Cross, Feeding America, and YMCA, but what is a nonprofit? According to Cornell Law School, a non-profit organization is “a group organized for purposes other than generating profit and in which […]
Food Insecurity in 2025
Food insecurity is a substantial problem in the United States and around the world. Around 13.5% of United States households (1in 7) were food insecure at some time during 2024, which is about 18 million households. In terms of individuals, around 47 million people in the United States are food insecure (Feeding America, 2024). Unfortunately, […]
Snap Benefits 2025
Over the last few years prices have been rising due to inflation which can be attributed to many factors, but most stem from the impacts of COVID-19. According to Michael Gapen, head of the US Economic Research at Bank of America, recent inflation has been caused by changing consumer behaviors due to the pandemic. At […]
First Week of my Internship – 2025 JOIN intern
What I learned in Week 1 of my JOIN Internship My first week of my JOIN internship at Yad Ezra has come to an end, which went by insanely fast, and I have learned and seen a lot. My first day consisted of learning about what Yad Ezra does and how they serve their clients. […]
Introduction to 2025 JOIN Intern Amanda
Hi, everyone! This is the first of many blogs through my time as the JOIN intern at Yad Ezra. My name is Amanda Horwitz, and I am a sophomore at the University of Michigan studying political science with minors in Judaic studies and gender, race and nation. When I am not at school, I live […]
COVID-19 Response
COVID-19 affected all of us. We at Yad Ezra felt strongly that our food insecure clients needed to be helped, maybe more than ever, to receive their food and not to have the additional worry of how that would happen during these stressful times. Our small team worked hard to find a way, and so […]
Maddie’s Story
Maddie Wyatt, a graduate of Berkley High School, volunteered with us as a Giving Gardens Intern when she was a high school student. We invited her to share a story of an experience she had during her time here: I’ve spent a fair amount of time at Giving Gardens, and every time I’m there, I […]
Fermentation for the Soul
Through Giving Gardens at Yad Ezra, we held a workshop on lacto-fermentation, with guest educator Hong Gwi-Seok. Our aim was to give participants the confidence and inspiration to make their own pickles at home. We wanted to share the scientific processes and nutritional benefits of fermented foods, as well as discuss the cultural origins and […]