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Florida–Israel Defense Tech: Drones, Radiation Shields, and the Dual-Use Corridor
XTEND drones: $1.5B Nasdaq listing from Tampa. StemRad: NASA Artemis radiation vests from Tampa. Both FIBA portfolio com…
Aug 6, 2026
Elite: The Russian Candy Maker Who Built Israel's National Chocolate
Elite (עלית): founded 1933 in Ramat Gan by Eliyahu Fromenchenko. Creator of Pesek Zman, Israel's first instant coffee. A…
Aug 6, 2026
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Lemonade co-founder/CEO (NYSE: LMND). Israeli-founded AI-native insurance carrier. Co-founded with Shai Wininger (also F…
Aug 6, 2026
MOD Dual-Use: Defense Meets Commercial Tech
Where does Israeli defense end and commercial begin? The MOD dual-use envelope that pulls commercial encryption, cyber t…
Aug 6, 2026
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The ADIO Playbook: How Abu Dhabi's Investment Office Built the Israeli Agtech Buyer Architecture
ADIO — established Feb 2019 by Law No.1 — is the AED 2B Innovation Programme, Musataha land allocations, 8 international offices (Tel Aviv s…
Aug 7, 2026
Rivulis: The $450 Million Kibbutz Gvat Drip-Irrigation Company Temasek Bought Six Years Ago
Rivulis: founded 1966 on Kibbutz Gvat as Plastro. Owned today by Temasek (78%) and Jain Irrigation (22%). 2,500 employees, 19 facilities, $4…
Aug 5, 2026
Rafael in Morocco: Spike, Spyder, and Delilah
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The Israeli Business Economy in New York: 2026
648 Israeli-founded companies generate $19.5 billion in output and 57,000 jobs across New York State. Seven months into a BDS-supporting adm…
Aug 3, 2026
Who Teaches Judaism in America: The Full Faculty Database
The full, sortable database behind The Olam's national faculty audit: 2,499 records across 313 U.S. universities, cross-checked against nine…
Aug 3, 2026
Who Teaches Judaism in America? Half Are Anti-Israel
The widest audit of its kind ever conducted: 2,499 faculty at 313 universities, nine petition campaigns, full methodology, and the trend by…
Aug 3, 2026
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Florida's Jewish Institutional Build
Miami-Dade Jewish population grew 7% to 130,100. Jewish children up 13%. Day schools nearly doubled to 74. The institutional infrastructure…
Aug 7, 2026
Florida–Israel Defense Tech: Drones, Radiation Shields, and the Dual-Use Corridor
XTEND drones: $1.5B Nasdaq listing from Tampa. StemRad: NASA Artemis radiation vests from Tampa. Both FIBA portfolio companies. The defense…
Aug 6, 2026
Lendai: The Cross-Border Mortgage Platform That Fell
Lendai raised $35M, opened in Miami, built AI underwriting for foreign investors buying U.S. real estate. By December 2025 it filed for cour…
Aug 5, 2026
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Cybersecurity
Varonis: Israel's Data-Security SaaS Pivot
Nasdaq: VRNS. Founded 2005 by Yaki Faitelson and Ohad Korkus. Miami HQ, Herzliya R&D. ARR $745M. SaaS ARR $638M (86% of total). Q2 2026 reve…
Aug 5, 2026
Tufin: The Firewall Policy Pioneer
Founded 2005 by ex-Check Point alumni Ruvi Kitov and Reuven Harrison. NYSE: TUFN from 2019. Taken private by Turn/River Capital in August 20…
Aug 4, 2026
The Israeli Cybersecurity Footprint in America
Five Israeli-founded cybersecurity companies anchor American security infrastructure across 12+ states. $64.75B in acquisitions in 13 months…
Aug 2, 2026
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Hapoalim Ranks #1 (Tie) in Israeli Banks AI Index
Bank Hapoalim ranks #2 in the Olam Israeli Banks Citation Share Index 2026 — tied at #1 with Leumi on core citation, with a distinct framing…
Aug 6, 2026
Bank Leumi Ranks #1 in Israeli Banks AI Index
Bank Leumi ranks #1 (tied with Hapoalim) in the Olam Israeli Banks Citation Share Index 2026. Leadership built on international-surface adva…
Aug 4, 2026
Tempo Ranks #10 in Israeli Consumer Brand AI Index
Tempo ranks #10 in the Olam Israeli Consumer Brand AI Citation Index 2026, with a Citation Share of 7.4% in Hebrew and 2.7% in English. Dome…
Aug 3, 2026
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KSP: Israel's Computer-and-Electronics Retail Powerhouse
One of Israel's largest electronics and computers chains, founded 1997 in Haifa. ~62 branches, official Apple seller since 2022 — and the #1…
Aug 7, 2026
גלעד ארדן ויולי אדלשטיין: המפלגה הכלכלית החשובה ביותר של ישראל
גלעד ארדן (Gilad Erdan) ויולי אדלשטיין (Yuli Edelstein) הקימו מפלגה ימנית חדשה הדורשת שירות צבאי או לאומי אוניברסלי. מרכז טאוב, בנק ישראל וה…
Aug 6, 2026
Gilad Erdan and Yuli Edelstein May Have Just Launched Israel's Most Important Economic Party
Gilad Erdan (גלעד ארדן) and Yuli Edelstein (יולי אדלשטיין) launched a new right-wing party demanding universal national service. The Taub Ce…
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Agriculture & Food Tech
Remilk: Cow-Free Milk via Precision Fermentation
Israeli precision-fermentation dairy company. $150M+ raised. Cow-identical milk protein. Launched with Gad Dairies Nov 2025. Approved Israel…
Aug 7, 2026
Redefine Meat: 3D-Printed Plant-Based Steaks
Israeli 3D-printed plant-based steak company. $170-180M raised. Asda UK, 200+ Israeli restaurants. Revenue $25-50M. EBITDA neutrality 2026.
Aug 5, 2026
Wilk: Cell-Cultured Milk on the TASE
Wilk (TASE: WILK) — Rehovot cell-cultured milk company. Founded 2018 as BioMilk by Dr. Nurit Argov-Argaman (Hebrew University). World's firs…
Aug 4, 2026
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Real Estate
Dimri Bat Yam: How Y.H. Dimri Development Built the Mid-Market Volume Play in Israel's Urban-Renewal Capital
Y.H. Dimri Development built the interior mid-market volume play in Bat Yam. Where Aura runs Ben Gurion and Ashtrom runs the beachfront, Dim…
Aug 7, 2026
Ramat Bet Shemesh D-3 & D-4: The 110,000-Person City On Track to Double
110,000 residents, 6% annual growth. Afi Capital's 133-unit Compound 700 and Rotshtein Heights delivering in Dalet-3. Dalet-4 Haredi build c…
Aug 7, 2026
Africa Israel in Netanya: The Ir Yamim Anchor
Africa Israel Residences anchored Ir Yamim through the Leviev era (1996-2010) and beyond. Danya Cebus as vertical construction arm. French b…
Aug 6, 2026
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Founders & Companies
Micha Kaufman: Fiverr's Co-Founder
Fiverr co-founder/CEO (NYSE: FVRR). Built the freelance services marketplace from Tel Aviv. Co-founded with Shai Wininger (also Lemonade). 1…
Aug 7, 2026
Rapyd: The Israeli Global Payments Platform
Founded 2015 by Arik Shtilman, Arkady Karpman, Omer Priel. $1B+ raised, $4.5B valuation. Revenue >$1B post-PayU. 100+ countries, 250K+ merch…
Aug 7, 2026
Elite: The Russian Candy Maker Who Built Israel's National Chocolate
Elite (עלית): founded 1933 in Ramat Gan by Eliyahu Fromenchenko. Creator of Pesek Zman, Israel's first instant coffee. Acquired by Strauss G…
Aug 6, 2026