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— political and organizational — to fur-
ther our efforts."
She praised our Jewish community,
agencies and synagogues for "advocating
through education, fundraising efforts, food
drives, empty bowls events, encouraging
Yad Ezra as a site for students' community
service and bringing groups to volunteer at
our warehouse"
In addition, the Jewish News has been a
staunch advocate of hunger issues in Israel
and the Detroit Jewish community.
Added Mazon's Schockman,"Detroiters
get it. What Detroit has achieved is what
every community should be doing."

Joel Jacob with incoming Mazon national board member Rabbi Elimelich Goldberg of
Southfield and Knesset members Moshe Kahalon and Nadia Hilou

paradigm for other communities to repli-
cate and follow," said Luger who met with
the Israeli contingency in the Yad Ezra
warehouse.
"In addition to the incredible support
of local individuals and businesses, we are

grateful and fortunate to be in a commu-
nity where agencies truly partner with each
other to help those in need. On a national
level, Mazon has been very supportive
financially and has provided us with oppor-
tunities and resources to meet with leaders

What Hunger Is
"It used to be said that there was no hun-
ger in Israel:' said community activist Joel
Jacob, who organized the trip for the Israeli
visitors as well as hosted their visits within
Detroit. "You could call it the best kept
secret. But now the secret's out"
Some don't speak about hunger in Israel
because the definition of the word gets lost
in the translation, said Rabbi Yanoff.
"There is no real Hebrew word for hun-
ger that doesn't mean "famine," he said.

"And there is no famine in Israel."
Added Israeli visitor, Knesset member,
Moshe Kahalon, "Israel is not a Third World
country. We are a developed country, with
5 percent growth in economy. There is a
problem because the price of our products
is high and income doesn't catch up. The
jobless rate is not a problem. There is hun-
ger, but Israel is not suffering from famine
or drought such as in Africa;' Kahalon said.
"The phrase 'food insecurity' means inad-
equate and poor quality food."
The term, said Schockman, was adapted
from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's
usage.
Kahalon — chairperson of the Knesset
lobby to raise the living standards of the
poor, and the most senior member of
Israel's Likud party after party chairman
Benjamin Netanyahu — visited Detroit
with others, including Nadia Hilou. A Labor
party member, Hilou is the only female
Arab Knesset member and is chairperson
of the committee on children's rights.
"What was so awesome is that they are
from different political parties but are
united in the desire to end hunger in Israel,"
Jacob said.

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