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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Modern-day-heroes-Maccabees-in-our-time-476163
Modern-Day Israeli Heroes
(Jerusalem Post) Dafna Farkas - Last month, firefighter Yaakov Guttman faced one of the worst blazes in Israel's history. "Seeing five- or seven-meter high flames and knowing that if this gets past you it is going to hit citizens and civilians - I felt a huge sense of honor," said Guttman after fighting fires for 72 hours in Zichron Ya'acov and Sha'ar Hagai, west of Jerusalem. Guttman, a New Jersey native who served as a firefighter in the tri-state area as well as becoming an EMT, made aliya in 2006. New York native Joseph Gitler, founder and chairman of Leket Israel, has spent the past 13 years fighting poverty by feeding the needy. Gitler started Leket Israel, Israel's national food bank and the country's leading food rescue network, just three years after making aliya.