Author: David Rutman

Insurance professionals from across the globe are converging on Tel Aviv this week for the start of Tel Aviv Re, an annual event organized by the Israel Insurance Association (IIA) that attracts senior executives from the insurance industry in Israel and worldwide. More than 150 executives and representatives from leading insurance agencies around the world […]

Sharon Brownstone, general counsel & strategic partnerships at El Al Israel Airlines, and Marc Cavaliere, senior vice-president of The Americas for the company, will provide details about the airline’s strategic plan for the next five years at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York on June 5. In the coming five years, El Al plans […]

A number of prominent Israeli investors suffered a loss of tens of millions of shekels due to their failed investment about a year ago in Bank Leumi’s shares. In June 2022, the bank raised NIS 2.75 billion in a private offering for some of its shares. The most prominent private investor was Aaron Frankel, who […]

A recently developed Israeli app, “PLAIVIEW,” can analyze any football game and provide summaries designed to help improve the player’s skill.  Developed by a start-up of the same name, in Herzliya, the app made its first appearance at the Halutz [Pioneer] – Education through Sport youth tournament at the Wolfson complex in Tel Aviv on Sunday.  […]

The Israeli business sector did not grow in 2023, according to the Melnick State of the Israeli Economy Index. The index indicated that the level of activity in the business sector during April was comparable to that of November 2022. This slowdown, which initially emerged in the final quarter of 2022, can be attributed to […]

LinkedIn, the popular employment service, has recently issued an update that enables recruiters to filter job candidates by race, sex, gender identity or sexual orientation. The move has been made in the name of diversity, to help recruiters find a more diverse group of qualified candidates. However, this update has sparked controversy and raised questions […]

BOSTON – A sprawling convention show-floor – densely populated with booths featuring augmented reality headsets, 3D printers, drones and a minigolf course, an introductory presentation held in a hall the size of an aircraft hanger, and a grandiose concert featuring a double platinum artist country star – all served to communicate one thing during PTC’s […]

I’ve been giving back since I was a teen, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving and handing out toys at toys drives for Christmas. It’s very important to give back as a youth. It’s as simple as helping an old lady across the street or giving up your seat on the bus for someone who is […]

AI chatbot ChatGPT has been shown to be able to nearly pass the radiology board exam, according to a study conducted earlier this month. Radiology is a “branch of medicine that uses imaging technology to diagnose and treat disease,” as described by the MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia. The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Radiology, was […]

Group of Seven (G7) nation officials will meet next week to consider problems posed by generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, Japan said on Friday. Leaders of the G7, which includes the United States, European Union and Japan, last week agreed to create an intergovernmental forum called the “Hiroshima AI process” to debate issues […]