Author: David Rutman

Rachel Levine Confirmed as America’s First Transgender Secretary She passed in a 52-48 vote. Dr. Rachel Levine — Courtesy of Biden transition team Dr. Rachel Levine has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate and is now America’s Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services. The vote was 52 – 48, mostly along party lines. This […]

Steven Spielberg Making His Own Biopic Seth Rogen will play his uncle. Steven Spielberg is making his own life story for a new movie. Well sort of anyway. The new film which stars Seth Rogen is partially based on the two time Academy Award winner’s life story. It will deal with his childhood, growing up […]

Israeli Video Startup Kaltura Now Sees $2 Billion IPO That’s up from $1 billion expected just a few weeks ago. Kaltura Executive Team — Company Photo Kaltura, an Israeli startup which provides live and on-demand video SaaS solutions, has upgraded its expectations for its initial public offering. The company now says that it expects a […]

Elbit Systems Had a Great 2020 – Reports $4.7 Billion in Revenue It also reported $11 billion in new orders. Aviators-Night-Vision-Imaging-System-Elbit Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems had a great year in 2020, in spite of the worldwide recession caused by the Covid-19 crisis. The company just released its fourth quarter and full year results for […]

Twitter Has Acquired Israeli startup Reshuffle No word yet on how much it cost. Twitter has bought out Reshuffle, an Israeli startup which offers an Application Programming Interface (API) solution. API is software which serves as an intermediary in that it enables two different applications to talk to each other. The sale price for Reshuffle […]

Goodbye George Segal 1934 – 2021 The actor was 87 years old. George Segal Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf George Segal was truly one of the greats. His acting career spanned more than six decades. Sadly, he died on Tuesday in Santa Rosa, Calif from what was described as complications following heart bypass surgery. He […]

Israel Votes 2021 – The Day After As of now there is no clear winner. Israel Knesset (Unsplash) It has been more than twelve hours since the polls close in Israel and as of now only one thing is certain: no one knows what is going to happen. The polls were wrong. Binyamin Netanyahu does […]

Israeli Election 2021 The polls are now closed. The Israeli election has just ended, the polls have closed. At the moment all three of the Israeli television networks’ news programs have given a slight edge to Binyamin Netanyahu and his Likud Party. The three channels predict, based to the exit polls, 31 seats for the […]

Orca Security Latest Israeli Unicorn with $1.2 Billion Valuation The status comes after a $210 round of funding. Orca Security founders Avi Shua and Gil Geron (PR Pic) Israeli startup Orca Security is now a unicorn. The cybersecurity company reached this milestone when it completed a $210 million Series C round of funding led by […]

Leon Black Quits Apollo Global Management Over Jeffrey Epstein Ties He did so four moths early. Leon Black will not be waiting until July 31 to retire as CEO of Apollo Global Management after all. He resigned abruptly Monday Instead of stepping down on his 70th birthday as was previously announced. He will be replaced […]