Israel Tech Startups and Innovations: Weekly Roundup January 4 – January 10, 2025 New Startups / VC FundingIsraeli AI Startup Fermata Revolutionizes Agriculture with Computer Vision TechnologyFermata, an Israeli aggrotech startup which specializes in computer vision-based solutions for the agriculture industry, raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Raw Ventures. Founded […]
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To better understand how Earth is shielded from solar radiation, NASA is sending LEXI, the Lunar Environment Heliospheric X-ray Imager to the Moon as part of its Artemis campaign to capture the first global images of the planet’s magnetic field. Imagine a camera on the Moon, focused back on Earth, capturing images of our planet’s […]
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Emek Hebrew Academy has set up a Crisis Center at their Magnolia Building to provide much needed aid to families in Pasadena and Pacific Palisades who have lost their homes in the devastating wildfires this week. Many have been displaced from their lifelong houses and are living in temporary locations such as hotels and friends […]
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Dear all, The fierce Santa Ana winds have fueled a number of devastating fires throughout the Los Angeles area. I am remember of a passage from the book of 1 Kings about the prophet, Elijah: “Come out,” God called, “and stand on the mountain before GOD.” And lo, GOD passed by. There was a great and […]
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Urban sprawl is more than an eyesore—it may hinder upward mobility for low-income residents and perpetuate racial inequality, according to recent studies led by a geographer from the University of Utah. One study, co-authored with a former economics graduate student from the university’s College of Social & Behavioral Science, analyzed Census tract data and revealed […]
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Following a Wall Street Journal report that some Credit Suisse accounts (acquired by UBS in 2023) with Nazi ties were not disclosed in previous investigations, UBS (UBSG.S) announced on Saturday that it is cooperating with an independent ombudsman to investigate these accounts. The most recent investigation was led by Neil Barofsky, a former federal prosecutor […]
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Welcome to 2025, a year brimming with potential—not just for the world at large, but for the Jewish people. As I sit here reflecting on what it means to step into this new chapter, I feel an overwhelming sense of gratitude for the generations who came before me. Millions of Jews—countless souls whose names we […]
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Editor’s note: This is second in a series on the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). The Democratic Socialists of America of Los Angeles claim that their mission is to build a “better world” where “everyone can live a life of dignity,” but many in the Los Angeles Jewish community believe that the local chapter of […]
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The Monetary Committee of the Bank of Israel on Monday announced that it decided to leave the interest rate unchanged at 4.5%. Despite geopolitical developments, economic activity is recovering at a moderate pace, explained the Bank of Israel. However, supply constraints in certain industries continue to impede the closing of the gap between actual GDP […]
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Last week in Brazil an Israeli military reservist was threatened with arrest on human rights charges over his service in Gaza during the Iron Swords War against Hamas terrorists. The Israeli, identified only as ‘Y,’ was forced to leave the country. Now Israel’s Channel 12 News is reporting that the country’s Foreign Ministry said that […]
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