Accessibility statement

Accessibility arrangements on this site

The internet is today the largest store of freely available information for everyone, and particularly for users with disabilities. We therefore attach great importance to giving people with disabilities equal access to the information on this site, and to making it a better place to visit.

We aim to make our digital services accessible to people with disabilities, and we have invested considerable effort in making this site easier to use, as far as we are able, in the belief that every person deserves to live with equality, dignity, comfort and independence.

Accessibility on the web

As far as possible, this site meets the requirements of the Israeli Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities Regulations (Accessibility Adjustments to Services), 5773-2013.

The accessibility work follows the Israeli standard IS 5568 for web content accessibility at level AA, and the international WCAG 2.0 guidelines.

The site is tested on and supports the current versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge, on desktop and on mobile devices.

The site provides a semantic structure for assistive technologies and supports the usual keyboard patterns: the arrow keys, Enter, and Esc to leave menus and dialogs.

For the best experience with a screen reader, we recommend the most recent version of NVDA

How does accessibility work on this site?

The site is built to the Israeli standard IS 5568, which adopts the WCAG 2.0 guidelines at level AA.

There is an accessibility button in the bottom corner of every page. Pressing it opens the accessibility menu, and whatever you choose is remembered as you move between pages. The menu is reachable by keyboard too: Tab gets you to it, Enter or Space opens it, and Esc closes it.

What the menu offers:

• Increase or decrease the text size, up to 160 per cent (for more, see "Enlarging the display" below)
• Dark contrast, black background, white text
• Light contrast, white background, black text
• Greyscale
• Invert colours
• Highlight links with an underline and a border
• Switch to a more readable typeface
• Increase line and letter spacing
• Stop animation and movement on the site
• Enlarged mouse cursor
• Highlight the focus outline during keyboard navigation
• Reset all settings

There is also a "Skip to main content" link at the top of every page, revealed by the first press of Tab.

Enlarging the display:

Visitors who find the text hard to read can enlarge the page by holding "Ctrl" and pressing "+". Each press enlarges it further; to make it smaller again, hold "Ctrl" and press "-".

The standard requires the site to stay readable and usable at up to 200 per cent. That is reached with the browser zoom described above. The site's own accessibility menu offers up to 160 per cent, and is meant to complement the browser zoom rather than replace it.

Parts that are not fully accessible, and what we offer instead

We would rather name what is still not accessible, and give you another way to get the same information, than make a sweeping claim that is not accurate:

• Two documents on the transparency page - the proper management certificate and the registration certificate are scans of paper documents, so a screen reader cannot read them. Instead: the association's registered name and number appear as ordinary text on the transparency page, and any further detail from those documents will be given to you by phone or email, below. The recommendation letter from the social services department is a digital document and can be read normally.
• The videos - the videos on this site are embedded from YouTube, and we cannot guarantee that every one of them has complete, corrected captions. Instead: the central quotation from each testimony appears in writing beside it, and a transcript of any video will be provided on request.
• The Google map on the contact page - the map is an external Google component and its accessibility is not under our control. Instead: the full address, the phone number and the opening hours appear as ordinary text on that same page, beside the map, and the map itself loads only when you ask for it.
• The donation page - the donation itself is completed on an external provider's payment page, which is not under our control and has not been tested by us. Instead: you can donate by telephone on the number below, and we will gladly walk you through it.
• The contrast of the donation buttons - the orange buttons on this site are the soup kitchen's brand colour, and the contrast of the white text on them is below the AA requirement. Instead: the accessibility menu in the corner of the screen offers a dark contrast mode, which replaces those buttons with a dark background and high contrast text while keeping every action on the site available.

Accessibility at the soup kitchen itself

The soup kitchen is at 20 Weizmann Street, Kiryat Yam, and meals are also served on site. If you are planning to come and need an accessibility adjustment, at the entrance, in the toilets, in the seating or anything else, please contact us in advance by phone or email below and we will do everything we can to prepare accordingly. We are also glad to answer any question about the arrangements already in place.

Using the site with a keyboard

Visitors who find a mouse difficult can use the keyboard instead. Pressing "Tab" repeatedly moves between the links on the page. "Shift" + "Tab" moves back to the previous one. "Enter" activates the link that is currently selected.

Getting in touch

If you run into an accessibility difficulty while using the site, or find content that is not accessible, images, documents, tables, presentations and so on, or if you would simply like information or help, please get in touch through our contact page.

Despite our efforts to make every page accessible, parts of the site may still fall short. We are continuing to improve the accessibility of the site and of our premises, as part of our commitment to making them usable by everyone, including people with disabilities. We welcome enquiries and suggestions for improvement.