The first thing I got wrong in 2024 was the war in Gaza, which I saw as a “forever war” with diminishing returns. After the first ceasefire and return of some 100 Israeli hostages one month into the war, I became obsessed with a repeat. I allowed my skepticism of Bibi’s intentions—the longer he would […]
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Be careful – very careful! – when logging in to any website/service these days if it requires that you go through a two-factor authentication through your mobile device, whether you use Apple or Android devices. The federal government has warned that hackers have committed a breach that could steal your passwords. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure […]
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The Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced on Dec. 20 that it has reached a resolution agreement with five UC campuses — one of which is UCLA — over complaints that the universities failed to adequately respond to instances of antisemitism, Islamophobia, and discrimination based on Israeli, Palestinian and Arab ancestry. The […]
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I was visiting a Christian hospital the other day that glittered with Christmas decorations. The whole vibe was in the Christmas spirit, except for one thing. Instead of “Merry Christmas,” people kept wishing me, “Happy Holidays!” Maybe because the person I was with introduced me as a Jew (“he’s with the Jewish Journal”), people didn’t […]
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Israel Tech Startups and Innovations: Weekly Roundup December 14 – December 20, 2024 New Startups / VC FundingIsraeli AI-Powered Chargeback Prevention Platform Justt Fights Payment Fraud with Machine LearningJustt is an Israeli startup developing an AI-based chargeback management to fight fraudulent chargebacks. The firm closed a $30 million Series C funding round, led by Zeev […]
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Decart is an Israeli startup that offers an efficiency-focused AI research lab. The firm raised $32 million in a Series A funding round led by Benchmark. This raise comes just six weeks after Decart came out of stealth last month when it raised $32 million in a Series A funding round led by Benchmark, taking […]
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It is a savage crime that haunts the Jewish people to this day. And it never should have happened. Joseph’s brothers, enraged by envy, decide to murder him, only to change course at the last minute and sell him into a lifetime of slavery. Joseph certainly had provoked them; he was clearly his father’s favorite, […]
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On Hanukkah 1932, just prior to the elections that would bring Hitler to power, Rachel Posner, wife of Rabbi Dr. Akiva Posner, took this photo of the family’s Hanukkah menorah from the window ledge of her home. The view from the window was a building across the road, decorated with Nazi flags. On the back […]
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Chainalysis, a major company that offers cryptocurrency investigation and compliance solutions to global law enforcement agencies, regulators, and businesses, has acquired Israeli blockchain startup Hexagate. While the terms of the deal were not disclosed, Calcalist reported that it was for $60 million. Founded in 2023, Chainalysis offers cryptocurrency investigation and compliance solutions to global law […]
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Breathing, acting as a conductor, orchestrates hippocampal brain waves during sleep, a process essential for memory consolidation, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study. This groundbreaking study provides the first evidence of a direct link between breathing rhythms during sleep and key hippocampal brain waves—slow waves, spindles, and ripples—in humans. While the role of these […]
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