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#111: Chaim Rutenberg / Beef Up Our Boys
Beef Up Our Boys is a grassroots, volunteer-run initiative supplying IDF combat soldiers with kosher, high-protein beef jerky - the same type of field-ready nutrition relied on by militaries around the world. To meet this critical need, the organization reopened a shuttered factory just 7 kilometers from the Gaza border, employing residents from southern communities devastated by the war. The facility was built to overcome extreme logistical challenges - from military coordination to kosher certification - ensuring thousands of shelf-stable jerky packs reach the front lines each week. Backed…
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