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'I salute the women who just show up': Ofra Strauss on the quiet strength behind Israeli industry

Strauss Group chair receives award from CEO Inbar Ashkenazi and First Lady Michal Herzog, praises women “who show up” and the role of industry in sustaining Israel during wartime 

 Ofra Strauss, Chairwoman of the Strauss Group with First Lady Michal Herzog
Harvesting coffee cherries that contain the coffee beans used to make coffee.

Strauss coffee initiative brews opportunity for women farmers in the Global South

Harvesting coffee cherries that contain the coffee beans, used to make coffee.

Brewing change

Israel faces milk store stock shortage as dairy farmers halt milk deliveries. Febuary 2, 2026

Farmers halt milk supply in protest of Smotrich’s dairy industry reform


Strauss still has work to do on business diversity - chairperson

Ofra Strauss, Chairperson of The Strauss Group, related her experience as a woman becoming the chairperson of the company.

 The Redefining Diversity in Business panel at the Jerusalem Post's "Celebrate the Faces of Israel" conference at the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem, April 27, 2023.

Influential philanthropists view Israel as a vehicle for bolstering American Jews’ identity

For Jay Ruderman and Ofra Strauss – two leading figures in the Jewish and philanthropic world – reinforcing the critical Jewish-American/Israeli relationship is all about fostering dialogue.

Jay Ruderman is the president of the Ruderman Family Foundation and an American lawyer, disability rights activist and philanthropist. He lives in the Greater Boston area with his wife Shira and their four children.

Strauss family hosts Zikaron Basalon talk

Meir Levavi was hosted at Irit Strauss's house, as per of Zikaron Basalon (Remembrance in the Living Room) meeting.

 Haim Horowitz, Meir Levavi and Irit Strauss

Israel's Strauss to raise prices of snack, dairy foods by 2.9%

The company attempted to hold out against the cavalcade of price increases sweeping the Israeli economy for the past year, but has finally bent.

 THE STRAUSS Elite candy factory in Nazareth.

Israeli food-tech innovations to serve a future of responsible cuisine

INNOVATION AFFAIRS: A festive meal ahead of next week’s foodtech conference addresses the future of responsible cuisine.

 CHEF ORIEL KIMCHI from Popina.

Strauss’s fall from grace came from a chocolate mess

CONSUMER AFFAIRS: Following a mass recall, a damning health report, a stock drop and a factory fire, the food behemoth may be unstable enough for its rivals to claim some market share.

 THE STRAUSS Elite candy factory in Nazareth.

Strauss Elite's inaction on salmonella is a betrayal of Israel - opinion

They knowingly permitted poison in their products. They did not know how much poison.

 OFRA STRAUSS is flanked by top Strauss Group executives Giora Bardea (right) and Eyal Dror at a news conference regarding salmonella in their chocolate products, at Strauss headquarters in Petah Tikva, last week.

Health Ministry findings: Pigeons in Strauss plant but no Food Safety Manager

In recent months, maintenance work had been carried out in the production facility, parallel with the continuation of the chocolate production.

 View of the Strauss Elite candy factory in Nazareth, Northern Israel, after salmonella was found in a few of their products, on April 28, 2022.

Strauss expands recall as 10-year-old hospitalized with salmonella

"We will not take any risk and will bear all the costs as is expected of us," said the company as all Elite, Energy, gum and toffee products are recalled.

 Illustrative image of an Elite chocolate bar.

Health Ministry faces criticism over Strauss recall delays

An investigation into the production facility has now been launched and is being overseen by the Food Service department at the Health Ministry.

 Strauss products seen on supermarket shelves shortly after company announces recall, April 25, 2022.