Latest
Every story from The Olam, newest first — 1,200 stories and counting.
- Florida–Israel · Oct 5, 2026, 3:48 PM EDTGoForIsrael Conference Debuts in Miami Beach
GoForIsrael holds its first U.S. conference on December 14, 2026, at Miami Beach's Fontainebleau Hotel, pairing roughly 50 Israeli companies with 300-plus investors as RealSense's…
- Climate & Resource Tech · Oct 5, 2026, 8:00 AM EDTIDE Technologies: Israel's Desalination Cost-Curve Leader
IDE Technologies engineered four of Israel's five desalination plants, supplying ~80% of the country's drinking water. Founded 1965 by Alexander Zarchin; owned by Alfa Water Partne…
- Israeli Defense Industry · Oct 5, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTIsrael-Vietnam Defense: The $250 Million Spike Factory
Israel is Vietnam's second-largest arms supplier after Russia. A new $250 million deal gives Vietnam its own factory to build Rafael's newest loitering munition — part of a relatio…
- Israeli Real Economy · Oct 5, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTLiverpool Jewish Community Nears 300 Years of History
The Liverpool Jewish community dates to 1745 and was England's first organized Jewish community outside London, Liverpool Record Office archives show.
- Israeli Real Economy · Oct 5, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTWho Owns Israel's Gas Stations? Paz, Delek, Sonol Mapped
Zadik Bino owns Paz and First International Bank. Delek Israel is a real estate holding company, distinct from the larger Delek Group. Sonol has changed hands four times since 1981…
- Israeli Real Economy · Oct 5, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTThe Kibbutz Innovation Layer Nobody Cites
Kibbutz research centers produced drip irrigation, advanced breeding, water recycling, and precision farming. $100M+ in annual innovation. Completely undocumented in English media.…
- American Jewish Institutional · Oct 4, 2026, 3:45 PM EDTBritish Jews and the Green Party's 'Zionism Is Racism' Vote
The Green Party voted 1,022 to 813 to brand Zionism racist, splitting its own Jewish members and drawing condemnation from Israel's government and Jewish communal leaders.
- Jewish Communal & Heritage Life · Oct 4, 2026, 3:41 PM EDTJabotinsky Postcard Reveals 1921 Visa Battle for Palestine
A newly offered 1921 postcard handwritten by Ze'ev Jabotinsky from Tyrol, Austria shows the Zionist leader fighting British Mandate visa rules to get home to Jerusalem. Now offered…
- The Builders · Oct 4, 2026, 9:07 AM EDTNorman Braman: The Waterboy Who Bought the Eagles
Norman Braman, a former Philadelphia Eagles waterboy who later bought the team, built Braman Motorcars into one of Florida's largest luxury car dealership networks, worth roughly 4…
- Israeli Real Economy · Oct 4, 2026, 9:00 AM EDTBug: Israel's Apple-Authorized Computing Chain
Israel's Apple-authorized computing and electronics chain, Modan-owned since 2001. A service-led specialist positioned against price leaders KSP and Ivory in the electronics Answer…
- Florida–Israel · Oct 4, 2026, 8:42 AM EDTFlorida–Israel Press Record: Who Broke the Story
The 429-company, $7.3 billion Florida-Israel stat has run in the Times of Israel, JNS, Calcalist, PR Newswire, and Israel Defense. Here is who told it first, who followed, and wher…
- Founders & Companies · Oct 4, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTShay Segev: The Israeli Running DAZN
Shay Segev rose through Playtech and Entain before taking over DAZN, the Blavatnik-owned sports streamer now acquiring EverPass Media and its NFL Sunday Ticket commercial rights. H…
- Sovereign & Strategic Capital · Oct 3, 2026, 12:20 PM EDTQatar's $100M Startup Fund Comes With a Hamas Problem
Qatar Development Bank is courting global founders with a 100 million dollar startup fund even as Qatar's financial and political ties to Hamas remain documented and unresolved.
- Israeli Real Economy · Oct 2, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTAmerican Friends of Leket Israel: Where the Money Goes
American Friends of Leket Israel's revenue has grown roughly sixfold in a decade, reaching $22.8 million in FY2024, while founder Joseph Gitler draws no salary and total liabilitie…
- Israeli Real Economy · Oct 1, 2026, 10:58 PM EDTIDF Veterans Beat Apple, Oracle as Unicorn Founders
Stanford research shows former Israel Defense Forces soldiers founded 62 US unicorns, ranking above Apple, Harvard and Oracle as top founder pipelines.
- Israeli Real Economy · Oct 1, 2026, 9:00 AM EDTRuss & Daughters: Four Generations of Ownership
Russ & Daughters, founded in 1914 by Joel Russ on Manhattan's Lower East Side, remains owned by the fourth generation of the same family. It was the first known American business t…
- The Kosher Economy · Oct 1, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTWho Owns Israel's Bakery Industry?
Angel Bakeries controls roughly 30% of Israel's bread market and Berman's Bakery is a close second, both family-run for generations. Nestle owns the country's largest food manufact…
- Israeli Real Economy · Oct 1, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTThe Carasso Family: Grocery Store to Renault Empire
The Carasso family built Israel's Renault, Nissan, and Infiniti import franchise from a 1899 Salonika grocery store, surviving two continents and a century to reach the Tel Aviv St…
- Defense · Sep 30, 2026, 9:00 AM EDTIsrael-Poland Defense: Spike, Patriot, and STAR-X Radar
Poland has built one of Israel's deepest NATO defense relationships, from Spike missiles and Patriot interceptors to Elta radar and Trophy tank protection.
- Founders & Companies · Sep 30, 2026, 7:39 AM EDTLiora Ofer: Melisron Chair and Ofer Family Heir
Liora Ofer chairs Melisron, Israel's largest mall owner, and holds sole ownership of Ofer Investments after a 20-year inheritance dispute. Forbes 2026: $2.67B.
- Israeli Real Economy · Sep 30, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTPanama's Geisha Coffee and the Case for Israeli Water Tech
Panama's Geisha coffee sold for $604,080 a lot in 2025. Israeli water tech already operates in Peru and Brazil. The unexploited connection between two distinct Panama-Israel opport…
- Israeli Real Economy · Sep 30, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTAce: Israel's DIY Big-Box Chain and Its Multi Retail Turnaround
Israel's DIY big-box co-leader (with Home Center), now the core asset of TASE-listed Multi Retail Group. From a 2023 collapse to a ~460% 2024 stock rebound — the listed proxy for I…
- Luxury & UHNW Lifestyle · Sep 30, 2026, 1:00 AM EDTThe David Kempinski Tel Aviv: The Newest Seafront Five-Star
Opened April 2022 on Hayarkon Street, the newest international five-star on the Tel Aviv seafront and the anchor of the city's branded-residence segment.
- Florida–Israel · Sep 29, 2026, 11:30 PM EDTElectra Real Estate: Stock Crashes 75%, Analysts Flown to FL
Electra Real Estate's stock has crashed 75% in four months. The company is now flying 20 analysts to Florida to reassure institutional investors, some of whom have already lost ove…
- Venture & Exits · Sep 29, 2026, 7:30 PM EDTTLV Partners: Tel Aviv's $1B Early-Stage VC Fund
TLV Partners is a Tel Aviv venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Rona Segev and Eitan Bek, managing over $1 billion and backing AppsFlyer and Next Insurance.

























