Gilad Skolnick is the New England Director for American Friends of Leket Israel Gilad. He will share stories that go beyond the headlines about the food crisis in Israel, groundbreaking new Israeli laws enabling food rescue unlike anything elsewhere in the world, and how the war-ravaged agricultural sector is being restored.

Leket Israel, the National Food Bank, is Israel’s leading food rescue organization. Unlike other food banks, its sole mission is to rescue healthy, surplus food and deliver it to those in need through a network of nonprofit partners. It is believed to operate the largest gleaning program in the world, rescuing and distributing over 415,000 meals every week to vulnerable Israelis of all backgrounds—including single parents, Israeli Arabs, new immigrants from Ethiopia and Ukraine, and Holocaust survivors.

These presentations are part of Etz Hayim Synagogue’s Adult Continuing Education Program, Hot Topics and Cool Contemporary Stuff.