Monthly Archives: March 2019

Jerusalem’s Winter Noise festival

Posted on March 10, 2019

To bring people to the city streets on winter nights, a street festival שאון חורף – Shaon Horef, or Winter Noise was started over seven years ago. The free cultural festival features varied and often “out of the box” entertainment. … Continue reading →

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Upgrading the Old City

Posted on March 10, 2019

The Company for the Reconstruction and Development of the Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem is spending 200 million shekels improving the Jewish Quarter with better access, shade, lighting, recreation areas, seating and sign-posting. https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/55-million-to-be-invested-in-jewish-quarter-of-old-city-of-jerusalem/2019/02/18/

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Ramon airport receives first international flight

Posted on March 10, 2019

Ryanair had the honor of being the first international airline to land a plane at Israel’s Ramon Airport. The new airport opened to domestic traffic on 21st Jan. (see here) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obD3QRW1l2U

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NICE little earner

Posted on March 10, 2019

One of Israel’s big tech companies, NICE systems reported its 2018 revenue up 8% at a massive $1.445 billion. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3756384,00.html

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Towering revenues

Posted on March 10, 2019

Another big Israeli company, Tower Semiconductors (TowerJazz) just reported an annual income of $1.3 billion. Tower manufactures wireless computer chips and camera sensors. Readers may remember I reported (14th Jan) that TowerJazz’s image sensors are on NASA’s sun probe. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3756758,00.html

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Predicting a financial crisis

Posted on March 10, 2019

Israeli behavioral economist Dr Dan Geller, head of Analyticom, has developed a scientific tool, the Money Anxiety Index – an early-warning system for financial organizations. It includes a forecast model of loan defaults that gives an 8-month advance notice of … Continue reading →

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CyberArk sails full steam ahead

Posted on March 10, 2019

One of Israel’s biggest cybersecurity companies, CyberArk, has just reported 2018 revenues of $343 million – 31% higher than 2017.  Its forecast for 2019 was even higher. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3756475,00.html

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Stories sell products

Posted on March 10, 2019

I reported previously (Mar 2015) on Israel’s Playbuzz which converts static (boring) website content into interactive “storybook” dialogs to engage with users. Yael Shafrir, Playbuzz VP of International Partnerships explains more on ILTV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38EYYSZmUGM

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Twiggle to challenge Amazon

Posted on March 10, 2019

More business and sales have been conducted online than ever before, but buyers have been missing the human element. Dr. Amir Konigsberg, CEO & Founder of Israel’s Twiggle, has created a platform to serve customers more accurately and allow smaller … Continue reading →

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Attracting foreign students to Israel

Posted on March 10, 2019

Israel’s Council for Higher Education has earmarked $120 million through 2022 for university programs that appeal to overseas students. In addition, a delegation of senior members of the CHE are to visit Jewish institutions in the US to publicize the … Continue reading →

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