Author: David Leibermann

Charlotte Salomon voiced by Keira Knightley (movie pic) Oscar nominee Keira Knightley plays the French Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon who was murdered during the Holocaust in the new animated movie “Charlotte” which is due to be released in April. Most famous for her roles in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, Knightley was nominated twice […]

Tel Aviv at sunset, Israel New Startups / VC Funding Israel’s Connecteam Raises $120 Million For Remote Deskless Work AppIsraeli startup Connecteam, which offers an all-in-one employee app that the company says empowers organizations with non-desk employees to communicate, engage, and operate their teams, raised $120 million in a Series C round of funding. This […]

Stan with Us ad against Ben & Jerry’s Ben & Jerry’s Israel has filed suit against Unilever in the United States, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, claiming that the company’s move last year to ban the sale of its products in areas of the West Bank controlled by Israel was illegal. In July […]

Michael Rubin Owner of Fanatics (Facebook) Michael Rubin’s Fanatics sports merchandising company has now hot a $27 billion valuation. The valuation came as Fanatics raised another $1.5 billion in new funding. Founded by Michael Rubin in Jacksonville, Florida in 2011, Fanatics markets licensed sports merchandise to over 180 countries around the world, runs stores in […]

Veev, a tech-driven Israeli real estate developer of modular prefabrication homes, announced today the close of a $400 million Series D fundraising round led by BOND and included LenX, Zeev Ventures, JLL Spark Global Ventures, and Fifth Wall Climate Tech. The company declined to reveal its post-money valuation. In the last round in March 2021, Veev […]

Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor zoolander Actor Ben Stiller and estranged wife Christine Taylor are back together again after a five year split. The couple has been married since 2000. Christine Taylor came to fame back in the 1990s when she played Marcia Brady in the Brady Bunch movies. She also appeared on hit shows […]

Amir Becker Sygnia Amir Becker, former head of the vaunted IDF 8200 cybersecurity unit, is joining the Israeli cybersecurity consulting firm Sygnia. He will serve as Sygnia’s new Vice President of Incident Response. As the Head of the Cyber Operations Division of Unit 8200, Amir Becker led the development and implementation of IDF’s updated cyber […]

Research into the ‘magic’ mushrooms – Jerry Rosenbaum Proffesors at Harvard University will deep research into the ‘magic’ mushrooms in light of growing evidence that they effectively treat mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The university is restarting research into the ‘magic’ mushrooms, and their psychedelic effect sixty […]

Pontera (from website) Pontera, an Israeli fintech startup, just changed its name from FeeX and raised $80 million across three recent funding rounds led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, along with The Founders Kitchen, Hanaco Ventures, Hyperwise Ventures and , Blumberg Capital. Founded in 2012 by David Weisz and CEO Yoav Zurel Pontera (formerly FeeX) boasts […]