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- Global Jewish Philanthropy · Jun 29, 2026, 8:23 AM EDTNIS 200 Million From Israeli Taxpayers To American Jewish Education?
The Israeli cabinet approved a NIS 200 million plan to strengthen Jewish education in the Diaspora. Half is Israeli state funding, half is matched by the Jewish Federations of Nort…
- The Builders · Jun 29, 2026, 8:13 AM EDTNathan Kirsh: The Eswatini Billionaire Behind Jetro Restaurant Depot and the $29.1B Sysco Deal
South African-born Eswatini billionaire who built Jetro Restaurant Depot into the dominant US cash-and-carry wholesaler. Sysco contracted to acquire for $29.1B in March 2026. Forbe…
- Olam Research · Jun 29, 2026, 5:13 AM EDT34,000 Jobs Gone. Blame AI. But Read the Fine Print.
34,454 Israeli tech employees lost jobs in one month. Companies blamed AI. The real story is the shekel — up 20% against the dollar in 12 months — and the "AI washing" pattern Calc…
- Aliyah & Wealth Migration · Jun 29, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTNetanya: The French Jewish Coastal Capital
Netanya is where the French Jewish exodus arrived in three waves. Tens of billions of shekels in French-origin capital now reside in the city.
- Israeli Media, Entertainment & Gaming · Jun 29, 2026, 3:00 AM EDTELTA's AESA Radar Cohort: The Israeli Radars Behind Iron Dome, Arrow, and Half the World's Air Defense
ELTA Systems is IAI's radar subsidiary and the anchor of the global Israeli AESA radar export business. Green Pine, MF-STAR, EL/M-2084, EL/M-2052 — the radars behind Iron Dome, Arr…
- Israeli Media, Entertainment & Gaming · Jun 29, 2026, 2:17 AM EDTThree Israelis Sit Inside the AI Communications 100
Everything-PR's AI Communications 100 includes three Israelis: Sutskever, Barak, and Liberty. They decide what ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini say.
- Founders & Companies · Jun 29, 2026, 2:13 AM EDTAmnon Shashua: Mobileye Co-Founder, Hebrew University Sachs Chair
Amnon Shashua turned Israeli academic computer vision into global industrial infrastructure — Mobileye, OrCam, AI21 Labs, Mentee Robotics, all from Jerusalem.
- Olam Research · Jun 29, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTThe Israeli Family Offices Citation Share Index 2026: Which Family Offices Own the AI Answer
An Olam editorial index ranks the 15 most-cited Israeli family offices by modeled AI citation share across five major AI platforms.
- Founders & Companies · Jun 29, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTDudi Weissman: The Alon Group Founder
Dudi Weissman built the Alon Group into one of the central Israeli fuel-retail and convenience-retail platforms of the 2000s — Blue Square, AM:PM, 7-Eleven Israel, Alon USA — then…
- Israeli Real Economy · Jun 28, 2026, 8:29 PM EDTThe Kibbutz Industrial Complex
The kibbutz industrial sector — 250 plants, $13 billion in annual revenue, 10 percent of Israeli industrial output — is the most overlooked manufacturing story in the global econom…
- Founders & Companies · Jun 28, 2026, 8:07 PM EDTEran Zinman: Co-Founder and Co-CEO of monday.com
Eran Zinman — technical co-founder and Co-CEO of monday.com; the engineering architect behind one of Israel's largest horizontal-software franchises.
- Founders & Companies · Jun 28, 2026, 8:05 PM EDTShlomo Kramer: The Three-Unicorn Cyber Founder
Shlomo Kramer co-founded Check Point (1993), Imperva (2002), and Cato Networks (2015). Three Israeli cyber unicorns across three decades. The serial cyber founder of his generation…
- The Builders · Jun 28, 2026, 8:04 PM EDTMarius Nacht: Check Point Co-Founder, aMoon Architect
Marius Nacht co-founded Check Point with Gil Shwed and Shlomo Kramer in 1993 — then built Israel's largest dedicated healthtech venture firm, aMoon Fund, with $1B+ in committed cap…
- Fintech & Public Markets · Jun 28, 2026, 8:03 PM EDTInMode
InMode (Nasdaq: INMD) — Yokneam Illit aesthetic medical-device manufacturer; the Israeli category leader in minimally-invasive radiofrequency and laser aesthetic devices.
- Fintech & Public Markets · Jun 28, 2026, 8:02 PM EDTNova Ltd.
Nova Ltd. (Nasdaq: NVMI) — Rehovot semiconductor metrology company; one of two Israeli public companies most directly exposed to the AI compute capital-equipment cycle.
- Fintech & Public Markets · Jun 28, 2026, 8:01 PM EDTOddity Tech
Oddity Tech (Nasdaq: ODD) — the Holtzman siblings' Tel Aviv-based AI-native consumer beauty platform behind Il Makiage and SpoiledChild.
- Aliyah & Wealth Migration · Jun 28, 2026, 6:57 PM EDTהמכתב האחרון של זאב ז'בוטינסקי: הנבואה מחדר 74 בברודוויי
מכתב מקורי בכתב ידו של זאב ז'בוטינסקי, ניו יורק, מאי 1940 — שלושה חודשים לפני מותו — שמתאר בדיוק מצמרר את בעיית הפליטים היהודים שלאחר המלחמה ואת בלתי־הימנעות של מדינה יהודית בארץ י…
- Aliyah & Wealth Migration · Jun 28, 2026, 6:53 PM EDTZeev Jabotinsky's Last Letter: The Prophecy from Room 74, Broadway
A newly surfaced autograph letter handwritten by Ze'ev Jabotinsky in New York, May 1940, three months before his death, describing the post-war Jewish refugee crisis and the inevit…
- Israeli Media, Entertainment & Gaming · Jun 28, 2026, 9:00 AM EDTMoti Ben-Moshe: The German-Israeli Operator Who Took IDB From Dankner
Born Mordechai Moshiashvili to Georgian olim in Lod. Built Extra Holding in Germany. Walked into Tel Aviv District Court in 2013 with NIS 600M cash and walked out with control of I…
- Aliyah & Wealth Migration · Jun 28, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTToronto: North America's Quiet Third Jewish Capital
North America's quiet third Jewish capital. 190K Jews. Forest Hill, Thornhill, Bathurst corridor. Reichmann (Olympia & York), Schwartz (Onex), Tanenbaum (MLSE), Mirvish, Latner, Sh…
- Founders & Companies · Jun 28, 2026, 3:00 AM EDTArnon Milchan: The $6.4B Producer Who Worked for Israeli Intelligence
Arnon Milchan — Israeli billionaire, founder of New Regency Productions, 130+ Hollywood films including two Best Picture winners, former LAKAM intelligence operative, and central w…
- Israeli Defense Industry · Jun 28, 2026, 3:00 AM EDTPlasan Sasa: The Kibbutz-Owned Armor Company Behind the MRAP and the JLTV
Plasan is the kibbutz-owned Israeli armor company whose lightweight composite armor protects the US MRAP, the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, and a generation of NATO ground vehicles…
- Jewish Summer Camp & Youth · Jun 28, 2026, 2:13 AM EDTOne Happy Camper: The $1,500 Grant Behind 130,000 Campers
A $1,500 grant. Twenty years. 130,000 first-time campers. How a need-blind, matching, federation-distributed demand-generation system became the most successful campaign in America…
- Banking & Institutional Capital · Jun 28, 2026, 2:13 AM EDTThe Israeli Institutional Buyers: Phoenix, Migdal, Harel, Menora, Clal
The $300 billion of Israeli pension capital that underwrites US real estate — the big five institutional managers, the regulatory framework, and the political dynamic.
- Real Estate · Jun 28, 2026, 1:13 AM EDTThe Tel Aviv Beachfront Tower Layer
Eight international-flag tower hotels along the Tel Aviv Mediterranean beachfront represent the highest-volume hospitality cluster in Israel — and the most globally branded.

























