NEWS COVERAGE of Leket Israel

Leket: Budget makes it harder to help...

JPOST - May 17, 2013. In response to the draft 2013-14 state budget which included major cuts in services to the middle class, Gidi Kroch, the CEO of Leket Israel, told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday that the cuts will put added strain on agencies caring for the poor. ''NGOs doing food distributi...

Israel's High Poverty Rate

JPOST - April 10, 2013. ''Israel has the highest poverty level among OECD countries, and the gaps between rich and poor are among the highest of all developed nations--problems that must be addressed immediately,'' so says Prof. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, CEO of the National Insurance Institute. As quote...

Algemeiner's Jewish 100

April 26, 2013. The Algemeiner unveiled its first annual ‘JEWISH 100’ list celebrating the “top 100 people positively influencing Jewish life” at its 40th anniversary gala Tuesday night in Manhattan’s Upper East Side– @ New York Jewish Guide.com. Leket Israel Founder and President, Joseph Gitler...

Jewish 100: Joseph Gitler – Innovation

It was revealed that Leket Israel Founder and President, Joseph Gitler was among the ''top 100 people positively influencing Jewish life” when the Algemeiner unveiled its first annual ‘JEWISH 100’ list at its 40th anniversary gala. The event took place recently in Manhattan’s Upper East Side an...

Food Waste: Turning an Environmental ...

April 2013 - Leket Israel, a member of the Global Foodbanking Network (GFN), was recently featured in online article on GFN's website. The article highlighted model programs around the world that are turning an environmental problem--namely food waste, into a humanitarian solution to help combat...

Leket Israel on JPost's Grapevine

JPOST - Grapevine - April 2nd, 2013. ''Prior to the Passover holiday, the Shapiro family joined Leket, Israel’s National Food Bank, in picking beets to supply to the needy. On Facebook Shapiro thanked Leket for the opportunity to volunteer.'' See what else is being reported on JPost's popular co...

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 t...

Food Waste in Rich Countries

GREEN PROPHET - March 10, 2013. In an article about food waste in Mid East countries, Maurice Picow discusses how regional food shortages combined with sharp increases in food prices are indicators that millions – perhaps billions of people are facing a lack of nutrients. Wasteful food producti...

Leket Israel on JPost's Grapevine

JPOST - Grapevine - Feb. 21, 2012. ''ALL OVER the country on Purim, people run around delivering baskets of food and drink to relatives, friends and business acquaintances. In some cases, in lieu of such gifts, which many of the recipients don’t really need, people are contributing to Leket Isra...

Why do we waste half of our food?

SCHEMA-ROOT.ORG - [Haaretz] Feb. 9, 2013. ''Forty percent of Israeli household waste consists of food scraps...At a quarter to five every Friday afternoon, a few volunteers from Leket - an umbrella organization in Israel for salvaging food and distributing it to the needy - gather at the food ma...

Audio: Israel Teaches the World How T...

ARUTZ SHEVA - Israel National News - Feb. 10, 2013. Arutz Sheva Radio's ''Walter's World'' with Walter Bingham features an interview conducted with Leket Israel's Founder and President, Joseph Gitler originally broadcast in Dec. of 2010. The interview is still as fresh as ever with Gitler descr...

Why do Israelis throw away half the f...

HAARETZ - Feb. 7, 2013. While one billion people worldwide are suffering from hunger, up to half of the food produced − in rich and poor countries alike − is thrown out before it reaches anyone’s plate. In a feature article about food waste, written by Haaretz's Netta Ahituv, learn what Leket I...

Leket Israel Feeding Israel’s Poor

JEWISH IMAGE - Jan. 2013. “We all waste, but we hate it and we feel guilty about it,” says Joseph Gitler, Founder of Leket Israel. ''Leket’s goal is not to address the root causes of Israeli poverty but to relieve some of the financial burden on the working poor.'' Nearly one in four Israelis liv...

Five Towns Takes on Israel

COLLIVE Community News Service - Jan. 29, 2013. Chabad of the Five Towns' Israel Mission, which took place from January 15th through January 24th, actively participated in volunteering with Israel’s Project Leket-Israel’s National Food Bank- gleaning fruits for distribution to Israel’s needy. Eve...

The Spodek family: What Happens When ...

WINNIPEG JEWISH REVIEW - Jan. 24, 2013. Danny Spodek help found the Israel Recreational Hockey Association (IRHA), a nonprofit run by volunteers, to encourage the development of ice hockey in Israel. The IRHA partners with Leket Israel, the National Food Bank, to provide players with opportunitie...

Chabad Of The Five Towns at Leket

5TOWNS JEWISH TIMES - During a recent mission to Israel (January 15–24), a group from Chabad of Five Towns volunteered with Leket Israel–Israel’s National Food Bank, gleaning fruits for distribution to Israel’s needy. Everyone enthusiastically participated and picked an amazing 800 kilograms (1,8...

Leket Israel in the Judische Allgemeine

The Jewish German news organization, Judische Allgemeine, recently featured Leket Israel in an article highlighting the organization's charitable work. The article contrasts the holiday of Tu'B'shevat, resplendent with fruits and nuts, against a backdrop of increasing numbers of poor who lack in...

It is a day for sharing our fruit wit...

In an inspiring article in the Times of London about fighting poverty, Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks cites a contemporary translation of a biblical imperative - ''Leket (''gleanings''), Israel's national food bank, which rescues surplus food and agriculture produce that would otherwise be destroyed from...

Food bank holds Tu B’Shevat fruit pic...

JERUSALEM POST - Jan. 23, 2012. To mark Tu B’Shevat, the NGO Leket Israel, which distributes rescued food to Israelis in need, held a fruit picking day on Wednesday in conjunction with youth groups across the country. Young volunteers in Ra’anana, Kfar Saba, Givat Shmuel as well as some small to...

Hockey tournament coming up in...Israel?

JEWISH TRIBUNE - Jan, 22, 2013. The International Recreational Hockey Association (IRHA) will hold its 7th annual ice hockey tournament in Metulla, Israel, Feb. 11-15. Through the IRHA's partnership with Leket Israel, The National Food Bank, hockey players have the opportunity to give back to th...

Gala dinner for charity

HAARETZ - Jan. 18, 2013. Leket Israel, The National Food Bank hosted its annual gala dinner Saturday night in Kibbutz Nir Eliyahu, drawing some 600 guests from a wide spectrum of Israeli society. They came out to support Leket Israel's mission to reduce hunger and malnutrition through its distrib...

The trip after the trip

HAARETZ - Jan. 5, 2013. As part of any Birthright itinerary, consider spending a two-hour stint volunteering with Project Leket, which partners with farmers to pick fresh fruits and vegetables to be distributed to feed Israel’s needy. Leket volunteers work two-hour stints Sundays through Thursday...

Ruth Rappaport honored at Leket Gala

JERUSALEM POST - Jan. 12, 2013. For many years, Ruth and Bruce Rappaport were among the big time contributors to a variety of causes in Israel, and were particularly generous in the spheres of medicine and the arts. Following her husband's passing 3 years ago, Ruth Rappaport continued with her p...

Leket Israel Gala on JPost's Grapevine

JERUSALEM POST - Jan. 15, 2013. US AMBASSADOR Dan Shapiro and his wife, Julie Fischer, were among some 600 guests from a broad spectrum of Israeli society at the Leket Israel annual gala dinner last Saturday night at Eden Al-Hamayim on Kibbutz Nir Eliyahu. All had come out to support Leket Israe...

Joseph Gitler on Talkline with Zev Br...

TALKLINE - Dec. 18, 2012. Zev Brenner recently interviewed Leket Israel Founder and President, Joseph Gitler, on Talkline. In the exclusive radio interview, Gitler describes the vital work Leket Israel undertakes on a daily basis to rescue food and save meals from going to waste.

Growing Divide Seen In Israeli Electo...

THE JEWISH WEEK - Dec. 26, 2012. Gidi Kroch, CEO of Leket Israel, is used to receiving desperate pleas from soup kitchens and other institutions struggling to feed the poorest in Israel. What’s unnerving Kroch now is the number of calls he’s getting from individuals who, he says, “clearly don’t k...

Grapevine: A different Alexander tech...

LEKET, THE National Food Bank founded by Joseph Gitler, will hold its annual gala on January 12, 2013 at Kibbutz Nir Eliyahu. In addition to marking nine years of promoting nutritional security for Israel’s needy, Leket will be honoring two individuals and one business group in recognition of the...

Calling caterers and rescuing carrots...

AZ JEWISH POST- Dec. 21, 2012. “We all waste, but we hate it and we feel guilty about it,” says Joseph Gitler, Founder of Leket Israel. ''Leket’s goal is not to address the root causes of Israeli poverty but to relieve some of the financial burden on the working poor.'' Nearly one in four Israeli...

US immigrant keeps Israel’s food out ...

THE TIMES OF ISRAEL - Dec. 17, 2012. Joseph Gitler, 38, is the founder of Leket Israel, an organization that salvages unsellable crops from farmers and unused food from caterers and ships them to soup kitchens, homeless shelters and other institutions that can use them — 200 groups in all. Accor...

Fighting Hunger

JEWISH WORLD - Dec. 14-20. AMIT and Leket Israel have joined forces to fight hunger among Israeli school children in the southern Israeli development towns of Kiryat Malachi and Sderot – two communities that recently suffered continuous rocket attacks during hostilities with Hamas. Needy school ...

Calling caterers and rescuing carrots...

JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY - Dec. 9, 2012. JTA News Correspondent, Ben Sales, writes about his first hand exposure to the work of Leket Israel from a recent visit he made to its operations and planning center in Ra'anana. In his article, Sales explores what Leket Israel is doing to relieve some ...

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...

Proportion of working poor in Israel ...

MADAN.ORG.IL - Dec. 1, 2012. According to the National Insurance Institute's annual poverty report, almost two million Israelis lived in poverty in 2011. Poverty levels among working families rose from 19.4% to 20% based on their financial incomes between 2010 and 2011. To learn more, read th...

Proportion of working poor in Israel ...

HAARETZ - Nov. 30, 2012. According to the National Insurance Institute's annual poverty report, poverty levels among working families rose from 19.4% to 20% based on their financial incomes between 2010 and 2011; overall, almost two million Israelis lived in poverty in 2011. To learn more, read ...

Mitzvah Day with Leket Israel

THE JEWISH CHRONICLE ONLINE - In conjunction with Mitzvah Day, a dedicated group of volunteers recently spent a Friday morning sorting and crating apples, peppers and eggplants at Leket Israel's main logistics center in Ra'anana. All produce is being delivered to nonprofit agencies feeding the ne...

Katif for Tikun Olam

TODAY'S ISRAEL - Fall 2012. According to Claudia Giat, Kehillat Netzach Programs Coordinator, growing awareness of nutritional poverty in Israel, prompted a group of adventurous adults and children from the Kehillat Netzach community to take part in Leket Israel's flagship project ''Gleaning the...

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/...

They Migrated for Luxurious Life But ...

EUROPEAN PHOENIX - Nov. 10, 2012. The publication this week of the findings of a Maariv poll, conducted Nov. 1, among 491 respondents, with a sampling error of 4.5 percentage points, resulted in close to half of those canvassed indicating that they were worried about falling into poverty. Accordi...

Poll Shows 43% of Israelis Fear They'...

JAM NEWS - Nov. 11, 2012. In a recent Maariv poll, 43.1% of Israelis canvassed are worried about falling into poverty. An increasing number of the country's citizens cannot meet their payments and are worried about their financial situation. During a recent conference organized by Leket Israel,...

Back to School with Leket Israel

The Alliance Against Hunger and Malnutrition -Dialogue Newsletter - Oct. 2012. Each school day, Leket Israel provides 7,500 sandwiches to disadvantaged school children from 110 schools in thirty cities across Israel. Most live well below the poverty line, and do not receive their basic nutrition...

UK Mitzvah Day's events

As part of UK Mitzvah Day's events, a dedicated group of volunteers spent Friday morning sorting and crating apples, peppers and eggplants at Leket Israel's main logistics center in Ra'anana. All produce is being delivered to nonprofit agencies feeding the needy all over Israel. Well done

Food security a problem as one-quarte...

NATIONAL POST - Nov. 6, 2012. In an article about food insecurity in Israel that has been widely picked up by media sources on the web, the Media Line's Linda Gradstein investigates the reason why a large proportion of working Israelis simply don’t have enough money for food. Many of the food in...

Poverty and food insecurity in Israel

THE JERUSALEM POST - Nov. 4, 2012. Working families are struggling to make ends meet and many worry where their next meal is coming from. In Israel, signifcant levels of food insecurity and lack of substantial government assistance to address the problem, has spurred the formation of hundreds of ...

Mommy I'm Hungry: Poverty and Food In...

THE MEDIA LINE - Nov. 1, 2012. Israeli government statistics say that an estimated 1/4 of all Israeli citizens, including 837,000 children, are living in poverty. Half of these poor families have no wage earner. The JDC Brookdale Institute finds that the rate of poverty among families in Israel i...

Israeli Food Recycling Programs Model...

JSPACE - October 23, 2012. With poverty rates soaring, it is no surprise that many people in Israel face food insecurity and hunger. But while poverty and hunger statistics may be discouraging, Leket Israel is working to address the widespread problem through its unique gleaning and food recycli...

Israeli NGOs combating hunger on Worl...

THE JERUSALEM POST - Oct. 17, 2012. World Food Day, which aims to raise awareness of poverty and hunger around the world, was marked this week by Leket Israel and other Israeli NGOs. According to the National Insurance Institute, almost 11% of families in Israel experienced significant nutrition...

Ethiopian Volunteers Honored

JEWISH IN ST LOUIS - October 2012. Twenty adults from Yokneam’s Ethiopian community were recently honored by Leket Israel for their ongoing volunteer work. All the volunteers, Ethiopian men and women above the age of 55 (one over 70!), have been working the fields on Leket Israel's farm on Mosha...

As Food Prices Soar, Leket Provides P...

JSPACE - Sept. 11th, 2012. Despite a poor growing season, Leket Israel expects to rescue 300 tons of apples for Rosh Hashanah meals and will serve tens of thousands during the holidays. The average Israeli, already facing a cash-strapped economy, will see higher grocery bills and holiday meal bud...

Joseph Gitler on the Nachum Segal Net...

NACHUMSEGAL.COM - May 31, 2012. Miriam L. Wallach interviews Leket Israel Founder and Chairman, Joseph Gitler, on ''That's Life''. On the recent broadcast, Gitler describes the organization's upcoming Family Picking Day scheduled for Chol HaMoed Sukkot, Tuesday, Oct. 2nd and how volunteers will p...

Charity organizations see upswing in ...

THE TIMES OF ISRAEL -Sept. 5, 2012. According to multiple nonprofits, rising costs of food, fuel, and other basic needs has caused a sharp upswing in the number of people seeking food aid packages for Rosh Hashanah. 43% of Israelis have reduced the amount of food they’ve purchased in recent month...

Janglo News: Food Waste in the U.S.

JANGLO News - Aug. 24, 2012. A report released by the Natural Resources Defense Council highlights America's wasteful tendencies; with 40% of all US consumer food going to waste. The report explained that relatively low US prices and large portion sizes far exceeding government suggestions are co...

Israel with Kids / Picking crops at N...

HAARETZ - Aug. 22, 2012. On the last Friday of every month, families are invited to Moshav Nahalal, located in northern Israel's Jezreel Valley, to help pick vegetables for needy families. The activity is organized by Leket Israel, the country's largest food bank, set up in 2003 with the goal ...

Rising Food Prices Impacts Hunger in ...

JSpace - Aug. 23rd, 2012. As food prices continue to rise, cutbacks on essential food programs loom--especially in Israel where prices have risen much faster than the West. Leket Israel's ''Sandwiches for Kids'' is one program that is being forced to cut back. Despite a waiting list of 2,500 ne...

An App That Helps The Needy

Leket Israel released its new iPhone and Android applications, which are available in both Hebrew and English. The new apps help the user find the closest food agency to donate any excess food from an event at a catering hall, an office party or a celebration at home. Leket Israel is the first n...

The Camper As Philanthropist

NY Jewish Week - Aug 21st, 2012. Passport NYC was one of 20 Jewish overnight camps piloting a teen philanthropy project this summer with the Jewish Teen Funders Network. Each camp got leadership training and funds to be allocated by campers to a nonprofit of their choice. Passport NYC awarded a ...

Food Waste in US Reaches 40%; Is Isra...

ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS, Arutz-7 - Aug. 23, 2012. Head of Leket Israel, Joseph Gitler, responds to a discomforting Washington Post report concerning the state of food waste in the US. Comparing the western world's tendency to waste, Gitler says that the situation in Israel isn’t much different. G...

Monsanto: Researching How to Increase...

In a featured article on Monsanto's blog, Elizabeth Niven discusses the latest research by Monsanto to increase tomato yields. In Israel, where Monsanto runs an abundance of test sites, the company contacted Leket Israel, a local food bank that distributes food to more than 290 not-for-profit or...

Price Increase Will Eliminate Breakfa...

The Yeshiva World News - Aug. 17, 2012. Increases in basic food items such as bread, milk and eggs will result in thousands of Israeli students not receiving breakfast. Leket Israel's ''Sandwiches for Kids'' project, as a result of fiscal realities and price increases, is expected to drop its ser...

Join the Cucumber Harvest

It is the height of the cucumber season, and with the start of the new school year, thousands of hungry children need your help! Leket Israel invites you to a very special cucumber harvest to support the ''Sandwiches for Kids'' Project. Join us FRIDAY, AUG. 31st 2012 from 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 at Mos...

Leket Israel - Segment on Korean TV

KBS WORLD NEWS - The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) World News recently covered Leket Israel's vital work on a investigative segment aired on Korean TV.

Israel Helps - Help Israel

The Zionist Federation of Sweden's ''FROM THE BRIGHT SIDE'' newsletter recently featured Leket Israel in an article highlighting the benefits of volunteering with the organization. ''Help poor people in Israel with two hours of your time,'' the article, written in Swedish, begins. An English tr...

Reflections on Midreshet AMIT

AMIT MAGAZINE - Summer 2012. In an article by Illana Gottlieb, Director of Midreshet AMIT, Gottlieb highlights ''A Year of Torah, Chesed, and Israel'' as she reflects on the 2011-2012 class of Midreshet AMIT. Collecting produce for the needy through Project Leket was one of the many chesed expe...

Millions Approved for Jewish Programs

JEWISH EXPONENT - JULY 26, 2012. Leket Israel's ''Project Leket'' was among nine new initiatives, out of a total of 23 projects, selected by the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia to receive funding this year. The Federation's Board of Trustees recently approved a total allocation of $22...

Rabbi tackles countryside in charity ...

HARROW OBSERVER - June 28, 2012. To raise money for Leket Israel, Rabbi Aaron Goldstein biked 135-miles from Lands End to John O’Groats in the UK. Rabbi Goldstein, who is from Northwood and Pinner Liberal Synagogue, joined forces with Rabbis of all denominations for the nationwide Rabbi Relay R...

Embedding ritual, memories

JEWISH INDEPENDENT - July 13, 2012. As Israel's premiere food-aid charity, Leket Israel was chosen as a beneficiary to receive proceeds from monies raised at Gefiltefest, a Jewish food festival that explores the historic links between religion and food. The event, held recently at the London Je...

Gleaning for Good

Leket Israel was featured recently on a Spotlight broadcast. Known for its daily 15 minute radio program, Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting which makes it easier for many people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.

PM announces NIS 100m. food aid program

THE JERUSALEM POST - July 9, 2012. PM Netanyahu announced Monday the allocation of NIS 100m for a new food aid program, after a similar move 2 years ago was never funded. Leket Israel & Latet, Israel's 2 largest food aid agencies, in a joint statement told the J Post this step showed that the gov...

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 refug...

Helping Others

DETROIT JEWISH NEWS - Thursday, June 21, 2012. Detroit's Hillel Day School 8th-graders picked 3,500 pounds of potatoes to help feed hungry Israelis on a trip to Israel this spring. The student group took time on their trip to harvest crops in support of Leket Israel, Israel's National Food Bank.

Joseph live on JM in the AM radio fro...

NACHUMSEGAL.COM - June 5, 2012. Leket Israel Founder and Chairman, Joseph Gitler, joins Miriam Wallach on JM in the AM live from the Celebrate Israel Day Parade. On the recent broadcast, Gitler describes the organization's first-time participation in the Celebrate Israel Day Parade complete with...

Christians Help Israel's Poor by Prac...

NATIONAL CATHOTHIC REGISTER - June 13, 2012. Leket Israel began to reach out to Christian pilgrims 5 years ago, first because of their heartfelt desire to connect with the land and also because the majority of visitors to the Holyland are Christian. Leket Israel provides food to all sectors of Is...

Digging Deep

JERUSALEM POST - June 11, 2012. Children pick vegetables in a field to be donated to the poor through Leket Israel. The public is invited to join the anti-hunger charity this Friday, June 15, from 9:00 a.m. to 12 p.m. during an open house at Nahalal in the Jezreel Valley. Participants will har...

Joseph Gitler on Nachum Segal

NACHUMSEGAL.COM - May 31, 2012. Miriam L. Wallach interviews Leket Israel Founder and Chairman, Joseph Gitler, on ''That's Life''. On the recent broadcast, Gitler describes the organization's Shavuot campaign, highlighting the issue of food waste and explaining what can be done to rescue and redi...

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 ...

'Food in Israel 20% more expensive th...

THE JERUSALEM POST - June 5, 2012. According to a final report from the Kedmi Committee on food prices, Israeli consumers paid 10-20 percent more for food in 2008-2010 than their counterparts in the rest of the OECD group of developed economies. The Committee blamed market concentration, lack o...

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 ...

Israeli food aid groups talk of strik...

JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY - May 31, 2012. According to a recent editorial in the JTA, Israeli food-aid NGOs may temporarily discontinue services to the needy if the government doesn't follow through on its promises to provide more than token support to this social welfare sector in the upcoming ...

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 targ...

Food aid agencies threaten to strike

THE JERUSALEM POST - May 30, 2012. According to J Post correspondent Ruth Eglash, nonprofit organizations involved in distributing food to the country’s needy threatened to launch a public campaign in the coming days unless the government starts to address the nutritional needs of the thousands ...

UK Gefiltefest benefits Leket Israel

TIMES - May 21, 2012. Gelfitefest, a Jewish food festival that centers on the historic links between religion and food, attracted hundreds to the Ivy House, home of the London Jewish Cultural Centre in Golders Green London in honor of the annual event. As Israel's premiere food-aid charity, Le...

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 pro...

Jewish Federation Launches 2012 Campaign

April, 2012 - The Jewish Federation of St Louis 2012 officially launched its Community Campaign this past month. Funds raised support a family of 60 local, national and international agencies, programs, services and innovative projects that deliver programs and services for Jews of all ages and n...

Israeli food bank chief boosts Tucson...

ARIZONA JEWISH POST - March 23, 2012. The Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona and the America-Israel Friendship League recently hosted Joseph Gitler, founder and director of Leket Israel, the National Food Bank of Israel. Gitler was invited to visit Tucson because of Leket’s long ass...

Leket Israel: Bridging the gap betwee...

JEWISH NEWS of GREATER PHOENIX - March 16, 2012. In an article tracing Leket Israel's roots, Vicki Cabot writes about Leket Israel's transformation from an idea into a movement, becoming Israel's National Food Bank. Joseph Gitler, Founder and Chairman, visited Phoenix recently to share best pra...

US Ambassador Dan Shapiro Gleans with...

THE JERUSALEM POST - April 11, 2012. US Ambassador, Dan Shapiro volunteered recently with Leket Israel picking vegetables for the needy. Shapiro is one of more than 40,000 annual volunteers who support Leket Israel's work. Leket Israel works with hundreds of nonprofit organizations caring for ...

Bridging the gap between rich and poor

JEWISH NEWS OF GREATER PHOENIX - March 16, 2012. On a recent visit to Phoenix, Joseph Gitler, founder & chairman of Leket Israel, spent time with the local Jewish community sharing the successes of the food bank he established in 2003. Joseph's concern of the growing poverty situation in Israel...

Exclusive Interview: Arizona Jewish C...

MORNING BLEND - Feb. 27, 2012. Leket Israel Chairman Joseph Gitler joins Anne Hameroff of the Jewish Community Foundation and Jamie Gan of the America Israel Friendship League in an exclusive TV interview to discuss Leket Israel's partnership and collaboration with the Arizona Jewish community. ...

Knesset to discuss new food-aid initi...

JERUSALEM POST - Feb. 27, 2012. A new initiative designed by the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia aims at instilling healthier eating habits among impoverished Israelis by creating a supermarket whereby people can come and chose the fresh fruit and vegetables that they like. The elderl...

Joseph Gitler on Nachum Segal

NACHUMSEGAL.COM - Feb. 9, 2012. Miriam L. Wallach interviews Leket Israel Founder and Chairman, Joseph Gitler, on ''That's Life''. On the recent broadcast, Gitler describes the vital work and new activities Leket Israel has initiated in the past year.

Community Impact: Women's Endowment F...

JEWISH FED. OF GREATER SEATTLE - Feb. 15, 2012. Leket Israel's Nutrition for Life: Empowering Mothers Project recently received funding from the Women's Endowment of the Seattle Federation. The project offers workshops & training to at-risk single mothers to the benefits of healthy eating habits ...

Leket Israel app connects food donors...

THE JERUSALEM POST - Feb. 9, 2012. JPost Correspondent, Ruth Eglash, asks ''What do you get if you mix a charity with smart phone technology?'' The answer: ''An app that helps the needy, of course.'' That is the premise behind a new, free application available for both iPhone and Android phone...

Jewish Toronto Leaders Honoured in Is...

UJA FEDERATION of GREATER TORONTO - Feb. 8, 2012. Henry & Julia Koschitzky, two of Jewish Toronto’s most prominent and generous philanthropists & community leaders were honoured in Israel recently at Leket Israel's 2nd Annual Gala Dinner, held on Kibbutz Nir Eliyahu. The evening, ''From the Field...

Hunger in the Holyland

LILITH MAGAZINE - Winter 2011- 2012. In a column entitled ''Letter from Jerusalem: Hunger in the Holyland'', Michele Chabin writes of the struggles of Israel's poor in the face of the high cost of food, housing, and basic necessities. Quoting Joseph Gitler of Leket Israel, Chabin relates that ...

Leket Israel App makes donating easy

ISRAEL 21c - Innovation News Service - February 9, 2012. Leket Israel's new Iphone and Android applications makes donating food to the needy super easy by letting the user know where the closest food agency is located. Leket Israel, The National Food Bank and largest food rescue network is the f...

Jewish Toronto Leaders Honoured in Is...

SHALOM LIFE - Feb, 8, 2012. Henry and Julia Koschitzky, two of Jewish Toronto’s most prominent and generous philanthropists and community leaders were honoured in Israel recently at Leket Israel's 2nd Annual Gala Dinner, held on Kibbutz Nir Eliyahu. The evening, ''From the Field to the Plate – T...

New iPhone and Android Apps Released ...

NEW YORK JEWISH WEEK - Feb. 8, 2012. Today, Leket Israel released its new iPhone and Android applications, which are available in both Hebrew and English. The new apps help the user find the closest food agency to donate any excess food from an event at a catering hall, an office party or a ce...

Reframing the Dialogue

THE NJ JEWISH STANDARD - Feb. 3, 2012. Yeshiva University students on an 8-day experiential education program called Tzedek & Tzedaka, recently participated in gleaning with Leket Israel and met with the organization's founder Joseph Gitler (a Teaneck NJ native). The students learned from Mr. G...

Israel Trip Explores Judaism and Soci...

NEW JERSEY JEWISH NEWS - Feb. 1, 2012. Forty college students recently spent part of their semester break exploring Jewish social justice in Israel as part of an experiential education program offered by Yeshiva University. Leket Israel, working to combat the paradox of food waste in the face of...

Leket Israel leads ''Chesed Tourism''

THE JEWISH PRESS - Jan. 27, 2012. In an article entitled ''Inspiring Encounters Spur the Growth of 'Chesed Tourism' by Ken Solomon, Mr. Solomon writes, that ''...a growing number of families and youngsters are partaking in unique chesed activities designed to heighten their emotional and physical...

Women's Endowment funds Leket Israel

Leket Israel's Nutrition for Life: Empowering Mothers Project was recently selected as 1 of 7 projects to receive funding from the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle's Women's Endowment. The project offers workshops and training to young at-risk and single mothers to the benefits of healthy ea...