More than 1,000 prominent figures from literature and entertainment have signed an open letter organized by the nonprofit Creative Community for Peace (CCFP), to oppose boycotts “of Israeli and Jewish writers, publishers, authors, book festivals, and literary agencies, along with those who support, work with, or platform them.” The signatories include Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize […]
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Israel Tech Startups and Innovations: Weekly Roundup October 26 – November 1, 2024New Startups / VC FundingIsraeli Startup Vensica Medical Launches Needle-Free Bladder Treatment Device for Overactive Bladder PatientsVensica Medical is an Israeli medtech startup that offers a type of needle-free tech to inject meds into a person’s bladder for the treatment of overactive bladder […]
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New Israeli startup Noma launched its application security platform for securing the entire Data and AI Lifecycle. The company raised $32 million in a Series A round of funding led by Ballistic Ventures, less than a year after a previously undisclosed seed round led by Glilot Capital Partners. “The Data & AI Lifecycle is significantly […]
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Do they think we’re stupid? Do they think they can single out only one country in the world for an artistic boycott and get away with it? Maybe they’ve concluded that when that country is the Jewish state, they can never get in trouble. And maybe they’re right. How else to explain the idiotic temper […]
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Verax AI is an Israeli startup and a developer of enterprise-grade software solutions that provide visibility and control of AI in production. The firm raised $7.6 million in seed funding led by TQ Ventures with participation from Concept Ventures, Cardumen Capital, Seedcamp, InMotion Ventures, and XTX Ventures. Large Language Models (LLMs) have revolutionized various industries, […]
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As we observe the 11th anniversary of the passing of Rav Ovadia Yosef z”l (3 Heshvan), we do so in the midst of a deep void in rabbinic leadership in Israel. When I say “Rabbinic Leadership,” I don’t mean rabbis who can deliver beautiful sermons or write thought-provoking essays. I mean Chief Rabbis, whose responsibility […]
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The U.S. Marines completed their first live-fire training with an air defense system integrating Israel’s Iron Dome Interceptor. The system is based on an American radar and command-and-control center, combined with the Iron Dome (Tamir) interceptor and a mobile launcher developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Raytheon as a prime contractor. In August 2023, […]
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As the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers square off in this year’s World Series, old-timers recall the first time the two teams met in the Fall Classic, in 1941, a contest that involved one of baseball’s most famous plays. But that World Series was also connected to a long-forgotten episode in the controversy […]
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The Israel Ministry of Defense signed a landmark deal worth over $500 million to expand serial production of Israel’s first domestically developed laser interception system, the Iron Beam, with lead developers Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Elbit Systems. Iron Beam is a ground-based high-power laser air defense system designed to counter aerial threats, including rockets, […]
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In summer 2010, rabbis led Nathan Hochman and his son Tyler into a small apartment in Sderot, Israel, belonging to a man who lost his leg in a Hamas attack but could not afford a functioning wheelchair. It was one stop in a journey across Israel for Tyler’s bar mitzvah project of raising funds for […]
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