Author: David Rutman

It’s a Haggadah About Nothing – New Seinfeld Haggadah So this year it won’t have to be Festivus for the Rest of Us. There is a new Jerry Seinfeld Haggadah available now just in time for this year’s Passover Seder. It’s called “The Haggadah About Nothing” and was written by Rabbi Sam Reinstein. But of […]

Israel High Tech Scene Week In Review Mar 14 – Mar 20 Tel Aviv at sunset, Israel Israeli Unicorns and IPOs Startup Nation seems to be awash with new unicorns these days. A public company is valued by its market cap. This is defined by the total value of its stock. So if 100% of […]

Blackstone Closes Blackstone Growth (BXG) Fund Largest New Such Fund Ever at $4.5 Billion Stephen Schwarzman runs Blackstone. Blackstone has closed its Blackstone Growth (BXG), the firm’s inaugural growth equity fund. BXG was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap of $4.5 billion. The fund is the largest first-time growth equity private fund raised in […]

Israel’s Arbe Robotics Develops 4D Imaging Radar Technology Hits $722 Million Valuation with Merger The merger is part of its planned NASDAQ IPO. Arbe co-founders Oz Fixman, Noam Arkind, and Kobi Marenko (PR Pic) Arbe Robotics, an Israeli startup, offers a unique 4D Radar solution. The company has sealed a Business Combination agreement with American […]

Cryptocurrency Security Startup Fireblocks Hopes to Bring Blockchain to the World’s Biggest Banks It just raised $133 million to do just that. Fireblocks co-founders Idan Ofrat (from right), Michael Shaulov and Pavel Berengoltz (PR Pic) Fireblocks is an Israeli fintech startup which specializes in cybersecurity. The company’s technology currently secures more than $400 billion in […]

Yotpo The Unicorn – E Commerce Startup Now Worth $1.4 Billion The company just raised $130 million. Yotopo CoFounder and CEO Tomer Tagrin Israeli ecommerce firm Yotpo is officially a unicorn. The company is now worth $1.4 billion after completing a $230 million Series F financing round led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Tiger Global. […]

Mila Kunis Looks Horrible In “Four Good Days” Trailer – On Purpose Mila Kunis makes her bid for an Oscar. Mila Kunis in “Four Good Days” Is that really Mila Kunis? That’s what you will be asking yourself when you see the new trailer for her upcoming movie Four Good Days.” Just look at the […]

Beastie Boys Adam Horovitz Selling Manhattan Home for $3.1 Million Adam Horovitz is all grown up. Adam Horovitz Chelsea Apt (Zillow) Adam Horvitz is all grown up now. The musician made his mark on history as a member of the 1980s all Jewish rap band “The Beastie Boys.” Their music was nothing if not immature […]

Turkey’s suspicious charm offensive by Neville Teller Back in the fall of 2020 Turkey’s relations with much of the world were at a low ebb while, at the same time, political developments were in train that seemed likely to frustrate its long-term aspirations.  Turkish President Tayyip Recep Erdogan, or his advisers, must have realized that […]

Alan Dershowitz Now Advising My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell And he’s telling NY Governor Andrew Cuomo to hold on. Famous television lawyer Alan Dershowitz just can’t get enough of the limelight. If there is a case which will give him a chance to get more media exposure Dershowitz can be sure to find a way […]