Monthly Archives: March 2025

“New Day Will Rise”

Posted on March 16, 2025

Israel’s entry for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest has been chosen. The three-minute song “New Day Will Rise” is primarily in English, with several lines in French and Hebrew. It will be performed by Nova music festival survivor Yuval Raphael. … Continue reading →

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Three Jewish athletes make Aliyah in a war

Posted on March 16, 2025

Rachel Dallet, 22, moved to Israel in July to join the Hapoel Jerusalem soccer club. Basketball player Nikki Bick, 27, joined Ironi Ness Ziona women and former NBA G League player Ryan Turell joined their men’s team. All have had … Continue reading →

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Israel week in San Diego

Posted on March 16, 2025

Students at UC San Diego will celebrate Israel Week in May as part of Jewish Heritage Month. It includes an Israeli shuk with booths offering Israeli food, samples of Israeli culture, and Israeli music. The Hillel center sponsors four student … Continue reading →

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See Israel’s waterfalls

Posted on March 16, 2025

Israel had a few wet days at the beginning of March. If you are quick, you can visit the resulting waterfalls at Ein Gedi, the Banias, Ayit (Golan), the Ayun (and others – Upper Galilee) the Jalaboun (Golan) the Sa’ar … Continue reading →

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Ancient humans ate beef

Posted on March 16, 2025

Researchers have analyzed archaeological remains from Nesher Ramla, a site near Tel Aviv dating back to the Middle Paleolithic period. It shows ancient humans hunted few animal species, mainly aurochs, a wild bovine species, likely ancestors of today’s cattle. https://www.timesofisrael.com/early-humans-in-israel-really-liked-their-steaks-new-study-shows/

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Israel sells $5 billion of bonds

Posted on March 16, 2025

Israeli government raised $5 billion in two series of bonds over five and ten years. Demand was very high – 4.6 times oversubscribed. The interest rates were closer to those of US Government bonds than last year’s issue, highlighting increased … Continue reading →

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Engineering an energy partnership

Posted on March 16, 2025

Two Israeli companies, Brenmiller Energy (see here previously) and Baran Energy (part of Israel’s largest engineering company) are jointly to accelerate Brenmiller’s bGen ZERO thermal energy deployments in Israel. Baran has completed 1,000+ global projects. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250220455669/en/ https://www.barangroup.com/en/home-page-en/

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Startup investment – to 16th Mar 25

Posted on March 16, 2025

Cybereason raised $120 million; Pentera raised $60 million; Perfect raised $23 million; Exero Medical raised $12.7 million; Sawmills raised $10 million; QuamCore raised $9 million; Sola Security raised another $2 million; Israel’s Innovation Authority awarded nT-Tao $5 million over three … Continue reading →

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Exits, takeovers & mergers – to 16th Mar 25

Posted on March 16, 2025

Israel’s Matrix IT is to buy Israel’s Magic Software in a deal worth around $2.1 billion. California’s Menlo Security acquired Israel’s Votiro.

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Wave energy for India

Posted on March 16, 2025

Israel’s Eco Wave Power signed a Memorandum of Understanding with India’s Bharat Petroleum to jointly develop wave energy projects across India. It will begin with a 100 kW pilot project at BPCL’s Mumbai Oil Terminals, with plans for larger commercial-scale … Continue reading →

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