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Jewish Federation works with Leket Israel to combat poverty in Israel
12/20/2012 10:47:00 PM
Jewish Federation works with Leket Is...
ST LOUIS JEWISH LIGHT - Dec. 19, 2012. ''No family should go hungry,'' says Diane Katzman, who chairs the Caring for Jews in Need-Overseas subcommittee of the Jewish Federation of St Louis. Thanks to an ongoing partnership between the Federation and Leket Israel, among other activities, 100 Yokneam families receive fresh fruits and vegetables and other perishable goods delivered to them in wee...

Calling caterers and rescuing carrots, Leket Israel hopes to feed Israel’s poor
12/11/2012 10:54:00 PM
Calling caterers and rescuing carrots...
ST LOUIS JEWISH LIGHT - Dec. 9, 2012. Leket Israel salvages unsellable crops from farmers and unused food from caterers and ships them to 200 soup kitchens, homeless shelters and other institutions that can use them. According to Leket's research, Founder, Jospeh Gitler says the organization is on pace to rescue one-fifth of the country's total wasted food this year, a total of 22 million pou...

PHOTOS: Volunteers from St Louis and Yokneam's Ethiopian Community Join Forces to Glean
10/25/2012 9:08:00 PM
PHOTOS: Volunteers from St Louis and ...
October 2012 - MOSHAV NAHALAL - Volunteers from from Yokneam's Ethiopian community joined forces recently with an enthusiastic group from the St Louis Jewish community visiting Israel as part of its local Federation's mission. The two groups worked together harvesting turnips as part of Leket Israel's gleaning initiative with the produce going to benefit the poor. Within a few hours the volunt...

Oberlander's Volunteer with Leket
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.

NOW we’re talkin!
10/31/2012 7:28:00 PM
NOW we’re talkin!
On ''Day 4'' of the St Louis Jewish Federation's Rubin Israel Experience, participant Josh Olmsted volunteered picking turnips along with 9 other young Jews from St Louis. According to Josh's blog entry, ''NOW we're talkin!'', Josh explains how day four of the experience was the best in his opinion because of what the group was doing. After picking 4 tons of turnips to benefit the needy, Josh...

Federation-Supported Food Program Helps Israeli Sister-City’s Most Vulnerable
5/30/2012 10:28:00 AM
Federation-Supported Food Program Hel...
JEWISH IN ST LOUIS - May 2012. Leket Israel, the country's National Food Bank, is working very closely with Kol HaLev, a food pantry in Yokneam, St. Louis’ sister-city in Israel, to support the organization's food parcel distribution activities among needy families. Leket Israel receives a targeted donation from Jewish Federation of St. Louis as part of its strategic plan to assist vulnerable...



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