Daniel Lubetzky

Daniel’s alma mater, Stanford Law, reconnected to see what their grad is up to these days. Read the full story of where Stanford led Daniel after the jump.

KIND is also offering Stanford students, alumni, faculty, and staff the opportunity to submit their own “Do The KIND Thing” idea to ideas@kindsnacks.com. Ideas must be received before January 1, 2014.

On January 8, Stanford Lawyer and KIND will choose one project to support with $10,000. The winning project will be featured in a future Stanford Lawyer online article.

Here’s what you need to know to submit:

• Rules for Do the KIND Thing Project
• Please submit your idea via email to ideas@kindsnacks.com before 12 a.m. EST on January 1, 2014.
• For a stronger submission, please include photos or video components.
• The project must be completed within six months.

by Julianna Storch

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I just learned that Dov Lautman passed away this weekend.  Dov was one of the foremost Israeli business leaders.  More important, Dov was one of the biggest supporters of Arab-Israeli economic cooperation and of resolving the political conflict between Israel and all of its neighbors.  Dov was a true pioneer in this space – I learned a lot from him and am so grateful to him for all he taught me and all the doors he opened for me. I am also grateful for Dov’s encouragement and support at every step of the way.  Dov’s apparel company – Delta Galil – was a global player.  And Dov used much of his market power to foster joint ventures with Egyptian, Jordanian, Turkish and Palestinian companies.  Internally, he also worked hard to promote Arab citizens of Israel and to build a multicultural environment that celebrated differences and respected all equally.

More important than all of Dov’s business gifts and socio-political leadership, Dov was a real mentsch. He was kind to all. He was positive, reflective, resourceful, hard-working, and had no ego and no bad bone.  He was just such a sweet, wonderful human being.  Even as he faced a debilitating illness in his last decade, he carried himself with dignity and provided leadership and inspiration till the last day.

I will deeply miss him.

The football team at Olivet Middle School teaches us the meaning of kindness and reminds us how wonderful it feels to make someone else’s day.

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”
–Theodore Roosevelt

I’m amazed by Israel’s many breakthrough scientific and medical contributions.

“It’s fine to celebrate success,
but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.”
-Bill Gates