Download Report What does the Report discuss? The 2023–2024 Food Waste and Rescue Report, published for the ninth consecutive year by Leket Israel and BDO, was produced in collaboration with the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Health. The Report aims to serve as a foundation for public discourse on the issue of

For years, Israeli farmers have been donating their surplus produce to Leket Israel to distribute to vulnerable Israelis throughout the country.  Just as our farmer partners have supported those in need over the years, Leket has been determined to stand by them. Since the beginning of the war, Leket has supported farmers in distress by

In November 2024, Leket Israel launched a new project to support the residents of Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel. Roughly 3,000 people were not able to evacuate the city as it faced ongoing rocket fire from southern Lebanon. Most of those who remained were either elderly or families with special needs children and were barely

Since the outbreak of the Swords of Iron war, Leket Israel has sent nearly 100,000 volunteers to assist the farmers around the country who were struggling to continue harvesting. Between damaged farms and the lack of foreign workers, farmers with hundreds of acres of produce were facing rotting fields and abandoned crops. People from all

Dear Friends, We are thrilled to share a monumental victory for Leket Israel! Yesterday, the Knesset passed a significant amendment to The Food Rescue Act (2018), an initiative led by Leket. This amendment is a major step forward for Israel in building a food-secure society. The new law mandates that all government-owned companies, government offices,

Introduction The Holocaust remains one of the most harrowing events in human history, leaving deep scars on those who survived. Today, Israeli Holocaust survivors grapple with a multitude of physical, mental, and social challenges that are direct consequences of the atrocities they endured. As a global community bound by compassion and faith, we have the

Nearly two-thirds of US young adults are unaware that six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust “Reports of the Holocaust have been exaggerated or fabricated as part of a Jewish propaganda effort to create sympathy.” It might seem bizarre that someone can seriously fall victim to Denialist lies, the sad reality is many Americans

The following is an excerpt from the full podcast interview, which can be found here. Just give us the number again. You were on track for how many meals this year? Last year, without October 7th, we probably would have distributed about 3 million cooked meals and about 30 million kilos, so about 70 million

https://youtu.be/nnRFHpiEjbU Tzion Maman, 64, is a second-generation farmer who was born and raised on Moshav Mivtahim, 6.5 miles from the Gaza border. Tzion’s father, a carpenter and teacher by trade, helped establish the farm in the 1950s, after Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion encouraged him to transform the barren sand into fertile land. With support and

“I was familiar with Leket, but I was not aware of the organization’s the farming initiative. I knew about the surplus food distribution, so when I came here specifically to do agricultural work, I didn’t immediately think of Leket,” Graham Lewis from London Since the outbreak of the Swords of Iron War, Israel has witnessed