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6/17/2013 10:08:00 AM

Leket Israel addresses conference on ...

Leket Israel recently addressed a conference targeting solutions to the issue of waste in Israel. Staff highlighted its meal rescue activities and the opportunities available to expand food rescue with the cooperation of the public and the corporate sectors. In 2013 Leket Israel will rescue and distribute 1 million meals, 120,000 bread loaves, 25 million lbs of produce and perishable goods, an...

5/31/2013 6:29:00 PM

VIDEO: Jewish Online Magazine intervi...

Jewish Online Magazine's David Barry recently interviewed Leket Israel CEO, Gidi Kroch at Gefiltefest in London. Representing Leket Israel, Israel's National Food Bank, Mr. Kroch describes the organization's agricultural gleaning program,''Sandwiches for Kids'' project, Leket Meal Rescue project, and more. Watch the interview here.

3/29/2013 5:36:00 PM

From farm to families in need

JERUSALEM POST - March 29, 2013. As Israel’s poor struggle to feed their families – particularly around the holidays – Leket Israel collects surplus food from restaurants, caterers, hotels and farms to distribute to the needy. Leket Israel works over many arenas to identify food waste and works tirelessly with volunteers to rescue and redistribute thousands of tons of nutritious food each year....

1/23/2013 12:54:00 PM

Cooking Outside the Box: Food Rescue...

COOKING OUTSIDE THE BOX blog offers a food waste primer according to Jewish law and then features the work of Leket Israel in combating food waste. ''Unlike other food banks and charities, [Leket Israel] provides nutritional food like fresh produce (not canned and packaged foods) and it helps other businesses fulfill the mitzvah of avoiding food waste. Win-win! Leket Israel also has some new pr...

11/21/2012 12:28:00 PM

Bar and Bat Mitzvahs in Israel

ISRAEL MINISTRY OF TOURISM - A bar/bat mitzvah is a ceremony marking a Jewish child’s passage into adulthood. But with adulthood comes responsibility for one’s surroundings and environment. Volunteering with Leket Israel will provide an unforgettable experience, and enable one to imbue their bar/bat mitzvah celebration with the traditional Jewish spirit of helping the needy and Zionist and soci...

6/28/2012 11:42:00 PM

The Idea That Feeds Millions

VIRTUAL JERUSALEM - June 27, 2012. In an exclusive article about Joseph Gitler and the organization he founded, VirtualJerusalem (VJ) interviewed Mr. Gitler to hear insights about Leket Israel's initiatives in helping the needy, their work within the Arab Israeli community and with African refugees, and to get the full story on how millions of people benefited from one man's idea.

6/10/2012 6:13:00 PM

''The Narrow Door'' blog features: L...

''This organization looks amazing,'' begins a blog post featuring Leket Israel -- Food Bank Program. ''The Narrow Door'' blog, written by blogger ''Gail'', continues: ''I applaud them for what they are doing with getting fresh produce to people and healthy food to poor school children.'' Read more about what ''The Narrow Door'' has to say about Leket Israel.

5/1/2012 2:27:00 PM

VIDEO: Bar and Bat Mitzvah Projects w...

Celebrating your child's bar or bat mitzvah in Israel? Learn how Leket Israel can involve your child and family group in a meaningful bnei mitzvah project via hands-on activities appropriate for all ages. What better a way to commemorate this special event than by volunteering to help the less fortunate in Israel.

7/17/2011 2:34:00 PM

Yedidya Rosenberg - Leket Meal Rescue

Yedidya earned a BA in Geography & General Philosophy from Hebrew University in Har Tzofim, Jerusalem and has taken subsequent Master's level coursework in Nonprofit Management. He has 10 years experience working for nonprofit agencies in the management and coordination of projects, most recently having joined Leket Israel in 2008.

6/23/2011 6:06:00 PM

Oberlander's Volunteer with Leket

Michael Oberlander, VP of Planning & Allocations of the St Louis Jewish Federation Board, writes a glowing account of his family's recent experience gleaning with Leket Israel. In his blog, Michael relates the mitzvah of leket to the Book of Ruth. He and his family were grateful to be able to ''work the land'' and do their part to help feed the hungry of Israel.

6/15/2011 2:47:00 PM

From Farm to Table

THE JEW & THE CARROT - March 22, 2011. Ilana Krakowski reports how Leket Israel contributes to the idea of ''sustainable farming'' by redirecting crops that would otherwise be wasted to the tables of those in need.

1/10/2011 7:34:00 PM

Rescue & Redeliver Surplus Meals

Have you always wanted to volunteer, but haven't found the time? Leket Israel lets you take part in unique volunteer activities by day or by night. Now you can participate in rescuing meals for the less fortunate even in the late evening hours through the Leket Meal Rescue Project. Reenergize yourself and join the hundreds of volunteers already making a difference.

12/15/2010 9:56:00 AM

The David A. Cohen Family Leket Meal ...

Founded in 2003, the Leket Meal Rescue Project was the organization's first initiative to go national. In 2012, hundreds of registered volunteers together with the organization's staff & drivers rescued 770,000 excess meals and 110,000 loaves of bread from banquet halls, caterers, restaurants, food malls, and hotels throughout Israel. Rescued food is immediately transported to local nonprofit o...

12/14/2010 2:21:00 PM

Leket Israel's Projects

Leket Israel runs several projects designed to alleviate nutritional insecurity including the organization's award-winning gleaning initiative - Project Leket, Sandwiches for Kids, Meal Rescue, Nutrition for Life, and Food Safety Support, among others.

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