Bloomberg Ranks Israel 5th Most Innovative Nation
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel moved up to fifth place in the 2019 Bloomberg Innovation Index, an annual ranking of the world’s 60 most innovative countries.
The index, unveiled Tuesday, reviews dozens...
WhatsApp Sues Israeli Surveillance Company for Stealing Users’ Information
BY MARCY OSTER
JERUSALEM (JTA) — WhatsApp has sued an Israeli electronic surveillance company, alleging it stole information from 1,400 users of the messaging service owned by Facebook.
The lawsuit was filed...
Israel Innovation Authority Launches Grant Program for Female-Founded Startups
The Israel Innovation Authority, the government’s tech investment arm, announced on Wednesday the launch of a grant program for female-founded startups.
The grant aims to double the number of female-led...
Retired Israeli Fighter Pilot on Deck for Axiom Space Flight
BY BEN HARRIS
(JTA) — A former ace fighter pilot turned big-time investor will become only the second Israeli in space — and he’ll be paying for the trip himself.
Eytan Stibbe,...
MSH STEM Team Wins NYU ITEST Robotics Competition
The MakerSpace at NYU Tandon School of Engineering became a shark tank of sorts on Tuesday, April 30, when high-school students dove into entrepreneurship to pitch their robotic inventions...
Israeli Inventors Create Face Mask With Slot for Eating in Public
BY MARCY OSTER
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Necessity is the mother of invention, and clearly this creation had a Jewish mother.
Israeli restaurants will reopen next week and require about 5 feet between...
Israel’s Hyfit Rolls Out Smart, Portable Workout System
Two ambitious young Israelis set out to solve a problem people grapple with all year long: staying fit.
Due to weather, cost and just plain inertia, going to the gym...
Israeli Company Makes 3D Bioprinted Lungs Available for Transplants
CollPlant, an Israeli regenerative medicine company focused on 3D bioprinting of tissues and organs, signed a license, development and commercialization agreement with United Therapeutics Corporation of Maryland for 3D...
Israelis Dream of Big IPOs, But Are Swallowed by M&As Instead
CTech – The Israeli tech scene is practically bubbling over with startups, but very few get to that ostensible holy grail: a Wall Street initial public offering. According to...
Hackers Steal $7.5 Million From Washington Federation Endowment
BY DAVID HOLZEL
(Washington Jewish Week via JTA) — Federal and international law enforcement agencies are investigating the theft of $7.5 million from the United Jewish Endowment Fund, an arm of The Jewish...
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Jewish Yale student stabbed in eye with PLO flag
(April 21, 2024 / JNS)
A Jewish student at Yale University was stabbed in the eye with a PLO flag during an anti-Israel demonstration at...
OU Responds To Jewish Danger At Columbia University
Statement from The Orthodox Union and the Orthodox Union-Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus
This morning, the following guidance was shared with the students in our...
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Moshe Taragin
More than two centuries of Egyptian persecution and oppression had shuttered the Jewish imagination. We couldn’t imagine anything beyond the squalor and misery...