|
Here is an opportunity that should not be missed if you go to Israel
Bnei Akiva England Group Offers Thanks
Volunteer Tomato Picking Group Offers Thanks
Elisheva Benjamin Bat Mitzvah – Australia
Camp Micah: Picking onions as part of Project Leket
Alexander Muss High School in Israel Headmaster's Update
The Jewish Federations of North America: National Young Leadership Volunteers at Leket
College Blog: AEP chooses Leket Israel for truck donation
Baltimore Concert: Some proceeds to Leket Israel
Achoteinu Camp Tours Israel
Gleaning in Israel – The NY Jewish Week
Kehilat Hadar - Money collected for Leket on Tisha B'Av
Leket Israel: Partner of the Greensboro Jewish Federation
Arrivals: Mia Urman, JPost.com, Café Oleh, Café Talk
Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City, From the Desk of Todd Stettner
As projected, Federation campaign ends down, JTNews.net
Jewish Federation Announces Nearly 10 million for the Jewish Community
Bess & Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy, ISRAEL TRIP BLOG, By Rabbi Jaffee in Israel
Koshereye.com, Offer a helping Hand in Israel by Michael Berger, July 2010
Presentense Summer Institute Skillbuilders
New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride
Boston Jewish Community Women's Fund
Bornblum Solomon Schecter School Memphis: Israel Trip 2010 Blog
Hasten Hebrew Academy of Indianapolis: "Shabbat Shalom" Newsletter
Here is an opportunity that should not be missed if you go to Israel! Sent: (Via Yahoo Groups) Tuesday, July 06, 2010 9:09 PM Cc: Deena Fielder (deena@leket.org)…Dear YI-ers: Yehuda (our 14-yr old son) and I just returned this AM from a wonderful week-and-a-half in Israel. One of the highlights was volunteering for Leket Israel, "The National Food Bank". (Thank you to Rabbi Buckman who took the GHA 8th grade to this as well on their trip in the early spring.) A fascinating tale: A successful and very generous patent attorney in Israel owns many dunams of land around Rechovot, which he pays to have planted with all types of vegetables, but he asks that volunteers come and pick them. (This used to be "Table to Table" a different feed-the-hungry program began by a Raanana oleh named Gitler – and the organization is called Leket Israel.) Yehuda and I went from 8:00 – 10:00 a.m. last Monday morning, and we were able to pick 400 kilos of tomatoes – food that went directly to soup kitchens and other outlets for the poor to get their vegetables for free. In the summer, try to go as early as you can because it gets pretty hot! Leket Israel has volunteers who help guide you where to pick and what to do. The staff was incredibly helpful in terms of helping to arrange it in advance. If you are in Israel, even for a short time, this is a must – contact Deena Fiedler cc:d above. I wish we had time to go back and pick more. Tizku Le'Mitzvot! – Michael Berger
Bnei Akiva England Group Offers Thanks (August 10, 2010) Hi Gila: Thank you so much for arranging the Bnei Akiva England group to pick tomatoes today. They worked hard and felt great afterwards! Kol hakovod to you and all those at Leket. I hope to send you more groups in the future. Please let me know when you are most in need of groups. Kol Tuv, Ilan Osrin (Oz), World Bnei Akiva
Volunteer Tomato Picking Group Offers Thanks Dear Gila Bublick: Thank you so much for organizing the tomato picking (gleaning) for our trip on June 21st, 2010. All of our participants really enjoyed it and I look forward to speaking with you again later in the year to book in for next year. Kind Regards, Melissa Harris, Zionist Federation
Elisheva Benjamin Bat Mitzvah – Australia (Monday, July 12, 2010) "…It is a mitzvah in the land of Israel to leave the corners of your fields to poor people. So today we did exactly that. We went to a field and picked lots of tomatoes that will go to people who can't afford to buy food. We went with an organization called Leket Israel http://www.leket.org/english/. Lots of the other volunteers there were Americans, we were the only Australians. We filled 4 crates in an hour and a half. Some of them were really squishy and yukky, but we left them in the field. Our hands got really dirty, but we had fun. They gave us T-shirts afterwards. It was really, really hot and we were so sweaty afterwards. http://elishevabenjamin.blogspot.com/
Camp Micah: Picking onions as part of Project Leket July 9, 2010 We made it out alive from the Negev, the desert in the southern part of Israel and even had a great time while we were there. The desert was very hot, but also very enjoyable. Before heading into the Negev on Tuesday morning we…picked extra onions from a field on a Kibbutz as part of Project Leket to be donated to homeless shelters and soup kitchens around the country. Picking onions was something most of us had never done before, but it felt good to work outside and help those in need. (By Steve Monge) http://www.campmicah.com/micah-in-israel-negev-adventure
Alexander Muss High School in Israel Headmaster's Update July 11 – 16, 2010 (By Chaim Fischgrund) …In the afternoon they participated in a very important community service project with Table to Table, recently renamed as Leket Israel. It was founded in January 2003 to ensure that excess food ends up at its proper destination - people in need. Serving as Israel’s umbrella organization for “food-rescue”, Table to Table collects excess, unsold food from catered events, corporate cafeterias, army bases, food manufacturers, grocers, farms, and packing houses and delivers the food to non-profit agencies throughout Israel that serve those in need. In recent years some farmers in Israel have donated sections of their fields or orchards. Volunteers for Table to Table pick the fruit and vegetables that are donated to people in need. We are happy to cooperate with this most worthy project. You can read more about Table to Table—now called Leket Yisrael– on its website: www.leket.org. The group went to Kvutzat Shiller where they picked vegetables which are then donated to various soup kitchens around the country... http://blog.amhsi.org/?p=236
The Jewish Federations of North America: National Young Leadership Volunteers at Leket (July 9, 2010) …The next day we saw Federation’s role in Israel first-hand by getting to volunteer with one of our partner agencies. My bus, from New York, picked and gathered vegetables for those in need with a UJA-Federation of New York-funded program—Leket Israel, Israel's National Food Bank—which was an opportunity, in a very hands-on way, to put into action our Jewish values of caring for those in need. http://www.jewishfederations.org/page.aspx?id=223411
College Blog: AEP chooses Leket Israel for truck donation (August 6, 2010) http://readytoroddy.blogspot.com/2010/08/giving-back.html…we're going to get a truck for Leket, which will feed 3000 families a day in Israel- which has a lot more poverty, Jewish and Arab, then you think…
Baltimore Concert: Some proceeds to Leket Israel (July 25, 2010) http://tiferesyisroel.org/ArchiveLev/lev_2010-07-22_22-22-39.pdf Unity Through Harmony: A Tu B’av Concert by Ayelet HaShachar. All original music for women. 7:30 p.m. Storch clubhouse, 3209 Fallstaff Road. Tickets $10 adults, $5 students. For sponsorships, call Lisa Friedman 410-764-8627. Concert in memory of Dina Blaustein, a”h. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Leket Israel (www.leket.org).
Achoteinu Camp Tours Israel ...Chabad teen girls from around the world enjoyed an inspiring, educational and fun month in Israel with Camp Achoteinu. The girls really enjoyed the hands-on activities focused on helping others and Israel," said Mrs. Sarah Alevsky, who chaperoned the trip with her husband Rabbi Chayim B. Alevsky, shluchim at Chabad of the West Side. We picked vegetables for soup kitchens in the farm fields for Leket Israel. http://www.collive.com/show_news.rtx?id=10191&alias=achoteinu-camp-tours-israel
Gleaning in Israel – The NY Jewish Week (July 27, 2010 by Comment Judy Sigal) ...Concerning Stewart Ain’s article, “Feeding Israel’s Have-Nots” (June 4, A N.Y. Minute), we were recently in Israel for a bar mitzvah celebration for my nephew, Menachem Lafazan (front row, left in photo). The chesed project for the trip was to help pick vegetables at the Leket Israel (Table to Table) farm. According to our guide our group of 15 literally picked a ton of onions that day. It was an amazing experience knowing that this food would be on somebody’s table within a few days. Our group ranged in age from 3 to over 70 and we all agreed to try to do this again when we visited Israel... http://www.thejewishweek.com/editorial_opinion/letters/gleaning_israel
Kehilat Hadar - Money collected for Leket on Tisha B'Av Posted on July 13, 2010 Date: July 19, 2010 - 8:45pm Location: 122nd and Broadway, The Jewish Theological Seminary Join Kehilat Hadar for Maariv and a reading of Eicha on Monday evening, July 19, at 8:45 p.m. in the Beit Midrash of the Jewish Theological Seminary (122nd and Broadway). Please bring a picture ID and arrive 20 minutes early, to allow extra time to get through security. Please bring a flashlight (no candles), a siddur and, if possible, a copy of Eicha. Halakhic Note: As a sign of mourning, it is customary not to greet people on Tisha B'Av - please take no offense. We will be collecting tzedakah to support NYC Coalition Against Hunger (http://www.nyccah.org/) and Leket Israel (formerly Table to Table) (http://www.leket.org/english/) http://www.kehilathadar.org/tisha-bav-maariv-and-eicha-reading
Leket Israel: Partner of the Greensboro Jewish Federation (2010) Our Partners …The Greensboro Jewish Federation provides funds to improve the lives of millions worldwide. The Federation partners with national and international organizations…http://www.shalomgreensboro.org/page.aspx?id=223535
Arrivals: Mia Urman, JPost.com, Café Oleh, Café Talk (July 2, 2010) “We decided that instead of paying for advertising, we would rely on word of mouth and give some of the money that we would be paying for marketing to charity,” Urman says. This year, the company is supporting the Leket charity. It encourages the couples to give any leftover food from the wedding to Leket, and also to donate any small amounts of cash they have left on their registry to the charity. In addition, if a couple registers and says they heard of the site through Leket, Hope I Get donates 30 percent of the profits from the registry to the charity. http://www.jpost.com/CafeOleh/CafeTalk/Article.aspx?id=180137
Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City, From the Desk of Todd Stettner, May 7, 2010 "Stacey Belzer… also mentioned an Israeli partner, Leket (formerly Table to Table), that deals with hunger in Israel. When she cited that nearly one quarter of children in Israel live below the poverty line, there was an audible gasp in the room…" http://www.jewishkansascity.org
As projected, Federation campaign ends down, JTNews.net (The Voice of Jewish Washington), July 8, 2010. Only two agency received increases in allocations: One, Leket Israel, gleans produce from farms and gives it to Israeli food banks and soup kitchens. http://www.jtnews.net/index.php?/news/item/7608/C22
Jewish Federation Announces Nearly 10 million for the Jewish Community July 8, 2010. www.jewishinseatle.org. Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle talks about Leket Israel donation: ...Our international giving increased by 0.7%, while local agency allocations decreased 16.7%. The two agencies that received slight increases were the Jewish Federations of North America (which comprises our overseas allocations to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and Jewish Agency for Israel) and Leket Israel (formerly Table to Table). http://www.jewishinseattle.org/news-events/news/jewish-federation-announces-nearly-10-million-jewish-community
Bess & Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy, ISRAEL TRIP BLOG, By Rabbi Jaffee in Israel Trip 2010 (April 28, 2010) …Some people don’t even have enough money to put food on their table. Our next activity involved just that. We ended up in the small town of Rehovot, on the farm of a patent lawyer, Sandy Kholb. This man is a great tzaddik and gives all the fruits of his enormous farm to be picked for tzedakkah by a large organization. We were able to help in the picking of the fruits to distribute to needy families on a later date. This particular organization is known as Leket Yisrael. They distribute throughout Israel. After getting to the farm, it was lunchtime, so we sat down to a nice boxed lunch of deli sandwiches. After finishing our meal, we went to help pick. The specialty of the day was clementines. We not only got to pick the fruit, but also got to taste it, and boy, were the clementines sweet! After all the picking, we successfully collected about ten bushels. We were so helpful that before we left, we each received a Leket Yisrael T-shirt. http://sigelacademy.org/israeltrip/israel-trip-2010-day-9-salvage-dig-ammunition-hill-finding-time-capsule-leket-yisroel-bar-kochba-caves-kfar-ayalim/israel-trip-2010-day-9-salvage-dig-ammunition-hill-finding-time-capsule-leket-yisroel-bar-kochba-caves-kfar-ayalim
Koshereye.com, Offer a helping Hand in Israel by Michael Berger, July 2010 "A successful, and very generous, attorney in Israel owns many dunams of land around Rehovot, which he pays to have planted with all types of vegetables, but he asks that volunteers come and pick them. After they are harvested, the vegetables go directly to soup kitchens and other outlets for the poor. Leket Israel has volunteers who help guide you where to pick, and what to do. The staff is helpful in terms of arranging it in advance. If you are in Israel, even for a short time, this is a must – contact Deena Fiedler at deena@leket.org. Please visit their website, Leket Israel for more information. KosherEye thanks a prominent Atlanta rabbi, for making us aware of this wonderful mitzvah opportunity." http://koshereye.com/koshereye-exchange/457-offer-a-helping-hand-in-israel
Presentense Summer Institute Skillbuilders. Joseph Gitler (Leket Israel Founder) is a graduate of Yeshiva University and Fordham University law school. After making aliyah in 2000, he worked for three years as director of international sales and development for a family software business. He founded Leket Israel in 2003 after witnessing significant food wastage in Israel at a time of rising poverty. Joseph's vision and steady hand have led the organization from a simple, one-man operation to Israel's largest food rescue organization. He is married to Leelah, has four children and enjoys biking, traveling and spending time with his kids. http://presentense.org/institute/skillbuilders
New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride Donation Page of Andrea Newman "...As in the past few years, I will be joining over 200 riders over Labor Day weekend, in Hazon’s 10th Annual Jewish Environmental Bike Ride! And this year, I have been asked to co-chair the event. Hazon means a lot to me as it is making great strides toward improving the world around us. Here are just some successes that were generated by support of past Hazon Ride...Leket Israel has been able to collect over 100 tons of food a week from restaurants to distribute to those in need.
Boston Jewish Community Women's Fund Grants to Programs in Israel (May 2010) Leket - $15,000
Project: The Leket Work Program: Leket is a food bank that addresses nutritional insecurity throughout Israel, collecting surplus food and distributing it through the Israel Food Bank. The work program is an agricultural gleaning initiative that collects produce left in fields and orchards at the end of the season’s harvest. It provides 20 seasonal farm laborers, all Arab Israeli women, with fair working conditions including above minimum wages and full benefits. Produce is distributed to needy Israelis through homeless shelters, battered women’s shelters, community centers for the elderly and programs for children at risk. http://bjcwfnews.blogspot.com/search?q=leket
Bornblum Solomon Schecter School Memphis: Israel Trip 2010 Blog (May 7, 2010) "...In the morning, we traveled to an agricultural Kibbutz, where we collected almost one ton of beets and packed them in crates, ready to be delivered to families in need, by the LEKET ISRAEL organization. Dena Frisch, Rebecca and Gali collected over fifteen crates and broke all records, fulfilling this Mitzvah passionately." http://www.bsssmemphis.com
Hasten Hebrew Academy of Indianapolis: "Shabbat Shalom" Newsletter - Page 5 (April 30, 2010) "...WHY ARE OUR 8th GRADERS PICKING POTATOES? Mrs. Gettinger Explains: Our school became aware of the Tzedakah M'Shulchan L'Shulchan (From table to table) through the Hasten family. It is a 10-year charity similiar to Second Helpings which has volunteers collecting leftover food from catered events / simchot as well as a "gleaning" project in fulfillment of the Biblical commandment of "leket" (the charity is actually now renamed "Leket Israel"). Volunteers go to farms all over the country to help harvest, pick fruits/ vegetables which are surplus or slightly bruisedand unable to be sold to supermarkets, to feed thousands of poor people daily throughout the country. Our HHAI group was invited to a farm near Rechovot to help gather potatoes near the ground that were left after the combines had gone through the fields. Despite the heat and our small numbers, we picked a half a ton of potatoes! http://www.hhai.org/education
| 
