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Meet World Central Kitchen’s Woman in Israel

JL;DR SUMMARY Ruthie Rousso, a multifaceted figure in the culinary world, has expanded her roles to include humanitarian aid through World Central Kitchen (WCK) during and after the 2023 Hamas attacks in Israel. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasHostagesIsraeli CuisineFood AidTu B'shevatWorld Central KitchenHumanitarian WorkCross Cultural ConnectionsRuthie Rousso

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Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"tell you what I do is hard because I have the career of five different people. Thats what Ruthie Rousso told me recently over tea and cookies at a cafe near her home in Tel Aviv, not far from Rabin Square, where she lives with her husband and two teenage daughters."
Tamra, Northern District, Israel
"Meals were made for all Israeli citizens regardless of race, religion or ethnicity; the nearly 100 percent Muslim village of Tamra in the lower Galilee, particularly hard-hit by Hezbollah rockets, received thousands of meals."
Jerusalem, Israel
"A Jerusalem meeting with (from left) IsraAid CEO Yotam Polizer, Ruthie Rousso, Israeli First Lady Michal Herzog, President Isaac Herzog and chef Jos Andrs."
Herzliya, Central District, Israel
"Her role at WCK taking less time now that a tentative ceasefire is in place and fewer meals need to be prepared, Rousso has returned to writing her popular weekend food column in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper and lecturing on food innovation at Reichman University in Herzliya."
Jordan
"She also had the opportunity in November to travel to Jordan to meet her Gazan WCK counterparts."

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