Our Story

Lehem Zeh began as a simple idea in a small kitchen in Yeruham: that food could do more than nourish the body — it could heal, teach, and connect.

What started as a local baking project after a difficult time in Israel’s south soon grew into a broad initiative that uses cooking as a tool for social change, emotional health, and education.

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Every loaf of bread we bake and every meal we cook carries a deeper purpose — building resilience, community, and hope.

Through our community bakery, teaching kitchens, and culinary workshops, we bring together children, teachers, families, and professionals from across Israel to discover that the kitchen can be a bridge — between people, between communities, and between body and soul.

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Our home base in Yeruham has become a model for “food as health” innovation in the Negev, where local residents, educators, and social workers collaborate to turn recipes into relationships and nourishment into knowledge.

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Lehem Zeh now leads projects that range from hands-on community cooking programs to research partnerships with universities, connecting grassroots experience with systemic change.