Author: David Rutman

Israel’s Capitolis Raises $11 Million From JP Morgan and Citi Capitolis, an Israeli Fintech firm, has raised $11 million in a Series B round of investment. New investors include such powerhouses as Citi, JP Morgan and State Street. Founded by Gil Mandelzis, Tom Glocer, and Igor Teleshevksy, Capitolis says that it is a pioneering technology […]

aMoon, an Israeli venture capital firm, has taken part in a $30 million Series A round of financing in the British medical company MiNA Therapeutics. Both the company and the VC firm seem to have a connection in that that employ odd spellings for their names. MiNA is working on a new cancer treatment which […]

“Shiva Baby,” a new sort of comedy from writer director Emma Seligman, has found a distributor. The movie tells the story of a bisexual young woman who runs into both her sugar daddy and girlfriend at a Jewish funeral. Utopia Media has picked up the film for distribution, reports Variety. The movie originated as a […]

Pity the Palestinian people Unfortunately for the Palestinian in the street, their leaders have no appetite for normalization or encouraging economic growth, fostering industry and business by Neville Teller              It is becoming increasingly obvious to the world at large that a peaceful, productive. flourishing Middle East is not only possible, but within grasp. Steps […]

Israel saw 4,013 new coronavirus infections on Thursday – a daily record high for the country with the death toll from COVID-19 reaching 1,075. The Ministerial Committee on the Coronavirus Pandemic decided on Thursday evening to present for the approval of the full cabinet a proposal for a three-phase plan beginning with a full two-week […]

Israeli Businessman Haim Saban will be hosting a fundraiser for Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign. If you want to take part and get to hobnob with some Hollywood elites and the former Vice President then it will only cost you a measly $500,000. Chump change, right? Well, at least that is the starting price. And […]

Chelsea Handler Instagram HBO Max and Peacock have bought two new comedies from Chelsea Handler, Deadline reports. The two shows are half hour comedies called “Blair” and “Wiped Out.” The two new shows are being developed by Universal Television and Chelsea Handler will serve as the executive producer for each. Chelsea Handler has been looking […]

Professor Gabi Seroussi Ben Gurion University The Tel Aviv District Court yesterday denied a request by foreign companies to order Israel’s Ben Gurion University to cease development of a new device for the rapid testing of the Corona Virus. According to a report in Calcalist, the court also ordered the foreign firms who filed the […]

Lionel Messi OrCam Website Soccer Star Lionel Messi has signed on with Israel’s OrCam Technologies. OrCam announced that the FC Barcelona star would be joining its “OrCam Dream Team” and promote its MyEye artificial vision device which reads printed and digital text aloud from any surface in real time. Foundded in 2010, OrCam produces new […]