Monthly Archives: November 2021

Cyber training for religious graduates

Posted on November 30, 2021

The Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT) has launched Cyber Elite 2.0, a program that provides cybersecurity training for orthodox and ultra-orthodox computer graduates. It aims to supply Israel’s high-tech and defense industries with newly skilled employees to meet its talent … Continue reading →

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Promoting innovation

Posted on November 30, 2021

Israel’s Innovation Authority (IIA) is investing around NIS 220 million over 3 years in four new technology consortiums. They focus on cultivated meat, insect farming, human-robot interface, and fluid sampling focused medical diagnosis. IIA CEO Dror Bin praised Israeli tech … Continue reading →

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Israeli woman is top innovator

Posted on November 30, 2021

World Biz Magazine has chosen Israel’s Hamutal Yitzhak, CEO of Else Nutrition (see here previously) as No. 1 (of 40,000+ entries) on their list of “Top 100 Innovation CEO” awards for 2021. Shahar Fogel, CEO of Israel’s Rookout (see here … Continue reading →

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Israeli flag raised at UAE presidential palace

Posted on November 30, 2021

In a historic ceremony, the Israeli flag was hoisted and the Israeli national anthem Hatikva was played for the first time at the Qasr Al Watan Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi. It marked the inauguration of Amir Hayek – the … Continue reading →

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Aiming for the Moon, with the UAE

Posted on November 30, 2021

The United Arab Emirates signaled its interest in joint space missions with Israel back in Dec 2020 (see here). This has now been formalized in an agreement to work together on a number of space projects, including a joint launch … Continue reading →

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Electricity for water deal with Jordan

Posted on November 30, 2021

The UAE has brokered a “water for solar energy” exchange deal between Israel and Jordan. Jordan will export 600 megawatt of electricity to Israel from a UAE-built solar farm. Israel will export up to 200 million cubic meters of desalinated … Continue reading →

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Resurrecting New York

Posted on November 30, 2021

Some 400 people attended a ”Unicorn party”, organized by Israel’s Margalit Startup City in Soho, New York. Founder and Executive Chairman Erel Margalit said, “Israeli tech played a significant role in bringing New York back to life.” They included “People … Continue reading →

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Outstanding entrepreneurs

Posted on November 30, 2021

The Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers recently awarded the title of “Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Center” to the Innovation Centers of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev – the first ever such award for institutions outside … Continue reading →

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4 Israeli universities in top 50 entrepreneurs list

Posted on November 30, 2021

Four Israeli universities were listed in PitchBook’s 2021 ranking of 50 leading undergraduate programs that produce the most VC-backed entrepreneurs. Tel Aviv Uni was 8th, Technion Institute (12th), Hebrew University of Jerusalem (31), and Ben-Gurion University (44). https://www.timesofisrael.com/4-israeli-universities-feature-among-top-50-producers-of-entrepreneurs/

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Ultra-orthodox site spreads cancer awareness

Posted on November 30, 2021

Throughout last month, Israel’s largest ultra-Orthodox news site, Kikar HaShabbat, colored its logo pink and wrote that it was doing so to give public expression to October being breast cancer awareness month. https://worldisraelnews.com/ultra-orthodox-news-site-goes-pink-to-spread-awareness-about-breast-cancer/  

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