Israel Tech Startups and Innovations: Weekly Roundup March 22 – March 28, 2025 New Startups / VC FundingNavina Secures $55M Series C to Expand AI-Powered Clinical Intelligence in U.S. HealthcareNavina, an Israeli medtech startup that offers a clinical platform for primary care, has successfully closed a $55 million Series C funding round, bringing its total […]
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Sympera AI, an Israeli startup specializing in Agentic AI for relationship banking, has raised $10 million in a seed funding round co-led by Nyca Partners and Viola Ventures. The company’s AI-driven platform enhances banking efficiency by analyzing data, prioritizing clients, and enabling relationship managers to focus on high-value opportunities. Agentic AI represents a significant evolution […]
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Recently, the Law Student Association (LSA) at UC Davis passed a resolution endorsing the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement. The goal was to prevent LSA funding for companies listed by the BDS National Committee; a flyer announced that there would be “NO FUNDING IF YOUR EVENT HAS THE FOLLOWING” and proceeded to list several major […]
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The cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of God filled the Tabernacle. ~ Exodus 40:34 I bought a cocktail smoker recently.It is a pleasure to drink unadulterated whiskeyand a different pleasure to have oneinfused with the smoke of acacia woodor, more likely, oak. You place the smoker over the glassfill its basket […]
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Longtime Jewish communal professional Anita Friedman was honored by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) during the museum’s 2025 Western Region Tribute dinner, held at the Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, on March 19. “‘Never again’,” Friedman said, accepting her award, “means never again being in a position of not being able to […]
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Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have uncovered a rare, 1,200-year-old red-painted clay jug at Horvat ‘Anim in Yatir Forest. The jug, believed to have been used for liquid storage, features intricate camel decorations, shedding light on the economic and cultural significance of camels during the Abbasid period (9th–10th centuries CE). The discovery, made […]
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I’ve always been drawn to the wisdom of a wide range of rabbis — each offering something meaningful to those willing to listen. Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of learning from many and the blessing of counting some of them as friends, but Rabbi Eliyahu Fink stood apart. He had a rare ability […]
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ChatGPT is evolving beyond text-based conversations. On Tuesday, OpenAI introduced enhanced AI-powered image generation for its chatbot, enabling it to create detailed, complex, and highly specific visuals based on user instructions. However, reports indicate that ChatGPT’s new image generator is producing images of “sexy men” but not “sexy women.” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed this […]
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Donald Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize. And he may have decided that Benjamin Netanyahu can make that happen for him. Trump regards the Nobel Prize as the ultimate validation of his presidency. He believes that he deserves it, and he is fashioning his foreign policy agenda to allow him to make that case even […]
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A monumental 2,200-year-old pyramidal structure with an ancient way station beneath it is being excavated in the Judean Desert, north of Nahal Zohar. The discovery dates back to the era of the Ptolemaic and Seleucid rulers and is part of a joint excavation led by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) and the Ministry of Heritage, […]
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