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Haredi hackathon tackles coronavirus

Religious NGO KamaTech brought 300+ tech professionals from Israel’s orthodox Jewish communities to participate in a 24-hour event to help in the fight against coronavirus. Several solutions attracted the attention of Google, Pitango, Poalim Hi-Tech and Science Minister Izhar Shay. … Continue reading

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Haredi women surge into hi-tech

The number of ultra-Orthodox tech employees jumped by 52% in 2014-2018; 71% of them are women. The report was compiled by the Israel Advanced Technology Industries (IATI), together with non-profit KamaTech, that seeks to integrate Haredi Jews into the country’s … Continue reading

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Startup repays grant to help a new startup

Since its 2016 launch, Israel’s Elementor website builder for WordPress has had over 3 million installs in 180 countries. Orthodox Jewish co-founder Yoni Luksenberg has now returned the 20,000-shekel grant he received from incubator KamaTech so it can benefit new … Continue reading

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Silicon Shtetl

Seven Haredi startups (Camdoc, YieldsApp, Ideeza, Emerj, Menivim, TakeOver and LiST).will take part in Calcalist’s New York conference on April 10-12. They are all members of an accelerator program run by non-profit KamaTech, working to integrate Israel’s ultra-Orthodox population into … Continue reading

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Three NGOs join to help minorities into Israeli tech

Israeli non-profits KamaTech, Tech-Career and Tsofen are joining forces to integrate ultra-Orthodox Jews, Ethiopian Israelis and Arab Israelis into the tech industry. They will jointly pilot tech courses and develop a comprehensive recruitment-training-placement program. https://www.timesofisrael.com/3-ngos-team-up-in-bid-to-boost-tech-jobs-for-arab-ethiopian-and-haredi-israelis/

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Co-working space for Orthodox Jews

I’ve reported previously (see here) on the work of Israeli non-profit KamaTech to help integrate Haredi Jews into the hi-tech industry.  Now KamaTech has launched in Bnei Brak “Ampersand” – the first ultra-Orthodox co-working space in Israel. It is supported … Continue reading

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Celebrating Torah and Technology

KamaTech, a startup accelerator for ultra-Orthodox entrepreneurs, together with the website Sefaria, organized the first-ever hackathon for Haredi engineers and programmers. Its aim was to find ways to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data in the study of ancient … Continue reading

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Integrating Haredim into the Startup Nation

At KamaTech’s second annual fair for Haredi startups, the eight best companies (chosen from 450 applicants) demonstrated their ideas. Each received a 20,000 Shekel grant. The latest group included Doctorpedia which enables patients to have online consultations with doctors. http://www.timesofisrael.com/are-israels-ultra-orthodox-ready-to-join-the-startup-nation/

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An ultra-Orthodox investment club

The 12Angels investment club focuses exclusively on high-tech startups headed by ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) entrepreneurs in the KamaTech accelerator (see previous mewsletters). The club recognizes the growing Haredi participation in Israel’s high-tech ecosystem. http://www.israel21c.org/12angels-pool-investments-in-ultra-orthodox-startups/

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The integration of Haredi Jews

More young Israeli ultra-Orthodox lead pious lives while also embracing technology, the modern workplace and their fellow Israelis.  This article features the Open University, the Yeshiva High School “Chachme Lev,” and the non-profit KamaTech which has launched 220 Haredi startups. … Continue reading

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