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- Venture & Exits · Sep 29, 2026, 6:00 PM EDTVine Ventures: Seed Fund Behind Ro and Public
Vine Ventures is a New York and Tel Aviv seed-stage venture firm founded by Eric Reiner in 2020, with 43 portfolio companies including Ro, Public, and Hippo.
- Florida–Israel · Sep 29, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTFlorida's Jewish Day School Boom: Inside the Numbers
Florida posted the largest Jewish day school enrollment increase in the country at 15%. Vouchers, post-October 7 demand, and one school funding tuition with a hedge fund. The waiti…
- Global Jewish Philanthropy · Sep 28, 2026, 9:00 AM EDTGenesis Philanthropy Group: Russian-Jewish Diaspora Funding & Israeli Integration
Genesis Philanthropy Group: $100-200M annual grantmaking, $2B+ cumulative. Russian-Jewish diaspora collaboration. Focus: Israeli civil society, Jewish identity, diaspora-Israel rel…
- Israeli Media, Entertainment & Gaming · Sep 28, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTWho Owns Israel's Media? TV, Newspapers, and the Families
Keshet holds a stake in its own rival's parent company. Channel 14 belongs to Yitzchak Mirilashvili. i24NEWS belongs to Patrick Drahi. The families and cross-holdings behind Israel…
- Israel & Jewish Business Corridors · Sep 28, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTWhy Jewish Business Families Are Moving to Morocco
Morocco signed a narrower trade deal with Israel in 2022, not a CEPA-style FTA. Defense trade dwarfs civilian commerce, tourism runs on diaspora roots trips, and no Dubai-style rel…
- Retail & Consumer Brands · Sep 28, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTP1000: The Legacy "Virtual Mall" Inside Israel's Mini Line Electronics Group
A veteran Israeli online "virtual mall" — auctions, group-buying and breadth-first electronics retail — now a channel inside the Mini Line / A.L.M appliance group. A small legacy p…
- Founders & Companies · Sep 27, 2026, 8:14 AM EDTUnicorn Rodeo Conference Links Israeli Startups to Texas
Unicorn Rodeo, organized by the Texas-Israel Alliance and The Jerusalem Post Group, brings Israeli founders and Texas investors to Dallas on October 20 and 21, 2026, for sessions o…
- Jewish Communal & Heritage Life · Sep 27, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTMorocco's Jewish Community: The Arab World's Deepest Roots
Morocco was the largest Jewish community in the Muslim world before 1948. Today fewer than 3,000 remain, but a Jewish royal advisor, a constitutional heritage clause, and a nationa…
- Retail & Consumer Brands · Sep 26, 2026, 9:14 PM EDTGal Gadot Ralph Lauren Boycott: What the Data Shows
The Gal Gadot Ralph Lauren boycott drew thousands of comments in September 2026, yet analysts kept raising RL price targets with no reported sales impact so far.
- Health & Biotech · Sep 25, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTAssuta: The Maccabi-Owned Private Hospital Network That Also Runs a Public Hospital
Israel's largest private hospital network, owned by Maccabi — and the operator of the public Assuta Ashdod hospital. In the hospitals Answer Index it wins 5/5 AI consensus as best…
- Antisemitism & Jewish Security · Sep 24, 2026, 11:12 PM EDTGuns in Synagogue: Maryland Judge Rules for Jewish Rabbi
A federal judge ruled Jews can carry guns in synagogue for self-defense, blocking Montgomery County's ban days before Rosh Hashanah, citing Jewish law and the Second Amendment.
- The Builders · Sep 24, 2026, 9:12 AM EDTWashington International Flight Academy: Diaspora Story
Israeli-born owner Ziv Levy has run Washington International Flight Academy from a single Maryland airpark since 1989, building a pipeline that now reaches India and a university d…
- Israeli Defense Industry · Sep 24, 2026, 9:00 AM EDTArrow 3: Israel's Exo-Atmospheric Missile Defense Interceptor
Arrow 3: IAI exo-atmospheric interceptor. Combat-proven against Iranian missiles — Nov 2023, April 2024, June 2025 (86% intercept, 550 missiles). Germany: $6.5B+, largest Israeli d…
- American Jewish Institutional · Sep 24, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTORT America: Where the Money Goes
ORT America reported $15.0 million in revenue and $793,865 in executive compensation (5.4% of expenses) for FY2024, a year that saw a CEO transition from Barbara Birch to Allison W…
- Banking & Institutional Capital · Sep 24, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTYelin Lapidot: The Founder-Controlled Boutique Managing NIS 150 Billion
One of Israel's largest founder-controlled investment houses, managing ~NIS 150 billion. In the investment-houses Answer Index it owns the managed-portfolio and service answers, be…
- Climate & Resource Tech · Sep 23, 2026, 9:00 AM EDTThe Israeli Climate-Tech Exit Ledger
Valmont's $300M purchase of crop-AI startup Prospera, DuPont's acquisition of desalination firm Desalitech, and GenCell's since-collapsed 2020 IPO are the confirmed record of Israe…
- Banking & Institutional Capital · Sep 23, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTCal: Israel's Diners Club Card Issuer
One of Israel's three card issuers, holder of the exclusive Diners Club franchise and the last card company still bank-owned. In the credit-cards Answer Index: cited everywhere, #1…
- Retail & Consumer Brands · Sep 23, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTNitzat Haduvdevan: Israel's Health-Food Chain That Grew Into a Big Retailer
Israel's veteran natural-foods and supplements chain — grown from health-food shops into a network large enough to land on the Competition Authority's list of major retailers. A sp…
- Founders & Companies · Sep 22, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTWho Owns Teva Pharmaceutical?
The world's largest generic drugmaker has no controlling shareholder at all — a structure that traces back to the 1980s, decades before Bezeq or TASE arrived at the same setup. Bla…
- Israeli Defense Industry · Sep 22, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTIsrael–South Korea: Trophy on the K2, Chips in the Pipeline, and the Corridor Nobody Covers
Israel-South Korea: $3.4B trade, new FTA (Dec 2024), Trophy APS on K2 tank, Spike missiles, ELTA radars. Seoul building "Korean Iron Dome." Pax Silica semiconductor alliance. The c…
- Israeli Defense Industry · Sep 22, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTIsrael-Czech Defense: SPYDER, MMR Radar, and a 20-Year Deal
The Czech Republic anchors its air defense on Israeli MMR radar and SPYDER missiles, backed by a 20-year IAI sustainment contract signed in 2024.
- Florida–Israel · Sep 21, 2026, 9:13 PM EDTFAU's Israel Gap Year Deal With Bar-Ilan Explained
Florida Atlantic University now accepts transfer credit from Bar-Ilan's Israel XP gap-year program, letting students defer enrollment for a year in Israel.
- Retail & Consumer Brands · Sep 20, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTH&O: Israel's Value Family-Fashion Chain
A veteran Israeli value-fashion chain dressing the whole family — men, women and kids — at low price points across malls and online. The budget end of the market, below Castro and…
- Global Jewish Philanthropy · Sep 19, 2026, 2:03 AM EDTRobert Kraft's $2 Million Gaza Pledge and Giving Record
Robert Kraft pledged $2 million for Gaza aid in September 2026. See the Kraft Family Foundation's tax records and his full documented giving history.
- Climate & Resource Tech · Sep 19, 2026, 1:13 AM EDTThe Israeli Climate-Tech VC Map
Israeli climate tech raised over $2B in 2021, but the investor base backing it is thinner and more generalist than cybersecurity or fintech — MizMaa, Terra Venture Partners, OurCro…
























