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4/6/2013 10:25:00 PM

LYA Students Volunteer with Leket Israel

On their recent trip to Israel, LYA students volunteered with Leket Israel, Israel's National Food Bank--picking 400 kilos of oranges in a single afternoon. According to chaperone Rochel Leah Kosofsky, ''At LYA we teach the students that we are leaders who give back to our community. It was a great feeling to know that we had helped people in Israel.”

4/4/2013 9:34:00 PM

From Israel to my Seder Table

In discussing her experience on a multi-family mission to Israel, Carolyn Kolers, President of Beth Tzedec Congregation, writes, '' For my kids, the highlights were picking oranges with Leket Israel (Israel’s National Food Bank) for distribution to Israel’s under privileged children and families in need...'' Read the full update from Carolyn here.

3/5/2013 6:37:00 PM

Boosting Services in the Periphery

As part of a strategic initiative to boost services for the needy on Israel's periphery, Leket Israel is providing its partners with greater quantities of rescued food, targeted workshops on nutrition, and capacity building support to help improve operating standards.

2/24/2013 11:50:00 PM

Israel, Anyone?

We hiked through the Negev Desert. Rode camels led by our Bedouin guide...We hiked a very steep Masada that revealed just how out of shape I am. Floated in the Dead Sea, slept in a Kibbutz, and pulled beets on a farm run by Leket Israel, an organization that feeds needy families...'' so says blogger Eileen Mitchell. Read on to learn more about her Israel experience.

2/24/2013 10:39:00 PM

Birthright Inclusion Program Gleans w...

A recent Taglit-Birthright Israel trip sponsored by Shorashim and KOACH was both a typical Birthright trip and a “uniquely Asperger Syndrome” experience rolled into one. The 21 young adults, ages 18-26 and from all corners of the US, spent ten days over Winter Break taking in many of the important sites and experiences of Israel -- including picking oranges for the needy with Leket Israel.

1/2/2013 6:59:00 PM

Birthright at Leket with Shorashim

ISRAELWITHISRAELIS.COM - Taglit-Birthright Israel: Shorashim - Dec. 31, 2012. ''Picking a ton of oranges for poor people at Leket gave us the chance to 'feel' the land,'' so says a recent blog post on the Shorashim: Taglit-Birthright website: israelwithisraelis.com.

1/2/2013 3:16:00 PM

Stepping out of the American bar mitz...

THE TIMES OF ISRAEL - OPS & BLOGS - Jan. 2, 2013. Blogger, Lori Silberman Brauner, makes the case for spending a meaningful Bar or Bat Mitzvah in Israel. While in the country, she says,''...we also get to participate in a real hands-on chesed or mitzva project...picking fruits and vegetables for Leket Israel, an organization that sends volunteers into fields and orchards to gather produce dona...

6/19/2012 9:40:00 PM

Repair Interview: Leket Israel’s Jose...

In an interview conducted by Repair the World blogger, Leah Koenig, Leket Israel's Founder and CEO, Joseph Gitler, describes his inspiration for starting Leket Israel and the amazing impact the organization has had on Israel's food insecure. In addition, Gitler shares a couple of stories of real life people and the positive impact Leket Israel has had on their lives.

6/6/2012 2:18:00 PM

Annual trips build connections with I...

CLEVELAND JEWISH NEWS - June 5, 2012. Jewish youth are building important connections to the land and people of Israel through annual summer trips. Leket Israel has become a standard stop on these trips and always makes a positive impression on the youth. Daniel Weiss, Schechter Judaic studies principal and Israel trip guide explains how by gleaning fields with Leket Israel, his students lear...

6/3/2012 10:38:00 AM

Leket Israel: closing the gap between...

THE JEWISH STAR - May 31, 2012. In an exclusive interview with Joseph Gitler, Founder and Chairman of Leket Israel, The Jewish Star's Malka Eisenberg writes about the country’s largest food bank and food rescue network. As part of Mr. Gitler's recent trip to NY, Gitler spoke at Beth Sholom and Young Israel of Lawrence Cedarhurst to raise awareness and funds for Leket Israel, an organization t...

4/29/2012 11:19:00 AM

YouthAbility travelers to Israel focu...

CLEVELAND JEWISH NEWS - April 26, 2012. Members of Jewish Family Service Association’s Horvitz YouthAbility program focused on helping others during their trip to Israel, March 25 to April 2. YouthAbility members picked potatoes as part of the Project Leket, through which volunteers harvest produce for the hungry and distribute it to families, organizations and soup kitchens.

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