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Feeding Israel’s Have-Nots

06/01/2010
Stewart Ain
Staff Writer

Joseph Gitler, a Manhattan native who worked here as a lawyer before making aliyah 10 years ago, is founder of the largest food rescue and food resource organization in Israel, Leket Israel, originally known as Table to Table.

Gitler, 35, said his group reaches 20,000 people daily in Israel and annually distributes nearly 1 million meals, 1 million sandwiches to schoolchildren, and about 14 million pounds of produce and dairy products to nearly 250 nonprofit organizations in Israel.

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Is Netanyahu Alienating Israel’s Friends in Europe?

05/18/2010
Leslie Susser
JTA

JERUSALEM (JTA) – On the day last week that Israel gained admission to the prestigious Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that Israel's continued control over the Palestinians was eroding its global standing.

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Bringing Israel Into The OECD

Zvi Chalamish: Israel’s economy to benefit from OECD membership.
05/11/2010
Stewart Ain

Zvi Chalamish, Israel’s consul and chief fiscal officer for the Ministry of Finance here, said the decision Monday of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to accept Israel’s application for membership followed six years of sound Israeli economic policy. The Palestinian Authority had sought to block the move. The OECD, which has as members some of the world’s largest economies, promotes free market ideas and sound regulatory policies.

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Israeli Economic Engine Now Seen Humming Along

Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer, left, and Doninique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the IMF

Economy on strong footing as recovery gains steam.

02/03/2010
Joshua Mitnick
Staff Writer

Tel Aviv — A year ago if you were a star lawyer looking for a position with an Israeli firm, chances are it would have been a waste of time. As the U.S. economy swayed in financial crisis, companies stopped hiring.

But over the last few months that’s changed.

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