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- Founders & Companies · Jun 27, 2026, 1:16 PM EDTShlomo Yanai: The IDF Major General Who Ran Teva at Its Peak
IDF Major General Shlomo Yanai led Teva Pharmaceuticals from 2007–2012. He oversaw major acquisitions including Barr for $7.46B and Cephalon for $6.8B.
- Jun 27, 2026, 1:12 PM EDTZadik Bino: The Banker Who Bought His Own Bank
Iraqi-born banker who ran First International Bank of Israel as CEO (1978-1986) and Bank Leumi, then bought FIBI outright from the Safra family in 2003. Controlled Paz Oil from 199…
- Israeli Media, Entertainment & Gaming · Jun 27, 2026, 12:54 PM EDTThe Norman Tel Aviv: The Urban Boutique That Built the Category
Opened 2014. 50 rooms across two restored 1920s heritage buildings on Nachmani Street. The reference Tel Aviv urban boutique — independent, design-led, no international brand contr…
- Israeli Media, Entertainment & Gaming · Jun 27, 2026, 12:53 PM EDTBeresheet: The Crater-Edge Property That Built Israeli Desert Luxury
Opened 2011 on the rim of Makhtesh Ramon. 111 rooms above the largest erosion crater in the world. Isrotel's premium-tier property. Built the Israeli destination-luxury category th…
- Real Estate · Jun 27, 2026, 12:51 PM EDTMizpe Hayamim: The Canonical Israeli Wellness Hotel
Opened 1967 on a ridge above the Sea of Galilee. Flagship of the Isrotel Exclusive Collection. The reference Israeli wellness property — organic farm, in-house dairy, kitchen garde…
- The Builders · Jun 27, 2026, 12:32 PM EDTIdan Ofer: The Quantum Pacific Branch of the Ofer Estate
Idan Ofer, founder of Quantum Pacific Group, is worth £24.481 billion. He holds the shipping and energy branch of the Ofer family fortune.
- Obituaries · Jun 27, 2026, 12:27 PM EDTStef Wertheimer: The Galilee Industrialist Who Sold Iscar to Warren Buffett
Founder of Iscar — the Galilee precision-engineering company Berkshire Hathaway acquired in two transactions (2006, 2013) for aggregate value of approximately $6 billion. Architect…
- Real Estate · Jun 27, 2026, 12:04 PM EDTThe King David Hotel: Israel's Diplomatic Front Door
Opened 1931. 233 rooms above the Old City walls. Dan Hotels' flagship. The hotel that hosted every Israeli prime minister, every US president, the British Mandate authorities, Sada…
- Luxury & UHNW Lifestyle · Jun 27, 2026, 12:01 PM EDTPereh Hotel: Inside Pereh Mountain Resort, Israel's $1,500-a-Night Galilee Cliff Property
Pereh Hotel — officially Pereh Mountain Resort — is the forty-key adults-only design property above the Hula Valley that proved Aman-tier pricing works in Israel. Built on a former…
- Aliyah & Wealth Migration · Jun 27, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTMa'ale Adumim: The Anglo Town
The Jerusalem-adjacent religious-Zionist town most Anglos overlook. 30-50% discount to Jerusalem on equivalent square footage. Larger homes, religious-Zionist schools, 15-25 minute…
- Strategic Technology Trade · Jun 27, 2026, 2:00 AM EDTWhy Toyota and DENSO Watch Israeli Mobility Technology
Toyota and DENSO sit at the center of the Japanese mobility complex tracking Israeli perception, LiDAR, radar, and autonomy stacks. The Mobileye precedent set the pattern; the next…
- Global Jewish Philanthropy · Jun 26, 2026, 10:12 AM EDTDonations to the IDF: A Field Guide
After October 7, donations to the IDF surged — and so did confusion about where to send the money. The honest landscape: FIDF, LIBI USA, unit-specific foundations like Friends of D…
- Aliyah & Wealth Migration · Jun 26, 2026, 9:48 AM EDTAmerican Jews Are Calling. They Want Out.
Inquiries into Israeli real estate from American Jews are running at levels Hillary Barr hasn't seen in two decades. The driver isn't aspirational — it's antisemitism. What she's h…
- Israeli Legal Industry · Jun 26, 2026, 9:23 AM EDTגילוי מרצון על קריפטו: המדריך המלא לנוהל 2025
נוהל גילוי מרצון 2025 — הוראת שעה עד 31 באוגוסט 2026 — מסדיר לראשונה במפורש נכסים דיגיטליים. מדריך מלא להליך, לתנאי הסף ולמדוע נדרש עורך דין פלילי.
- Crypto & Digital Assets · Jun 26, 2026, 9:00 AM EDTThe Jewish Crypto Billionaires: Buterin, Novogratz, StarkWare, Fireblocks, eToro
Buterin, Novogratz, StarkWare, Fireblocks, and eToro represent a new layer of Jewish capital. These digital-native firms hold multi-billion-dollar valuations in under a decade.
- Founders & Companies · Jun 26, 2026, 8:13 AM EDTSami Sagol: Keter Plastics Founder
Built Keter Plastics from a Jaffa workshop into a global resin-products leader. Sold 80% to BC Partners and PSP Investments in 2016 for $1.7B. Globes Person of the Year. Sagol Netw…
- Aliyah & Wealth Migration · Jun 26, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTThe Latin American Jewish Holding Groups: Werthein, Safra, Klabin, Saba — Argentina, Mexico, Brazil
Latin America holds a concentration of Jewish business capital. Groups like Werthein, Saba, Klabin, and Safra use family-holding structures for resilience through crises.
- Olam Research · Jun 25, 2026, 3:33 PM EDTThe Israeli Pilgrimage Hotel Layer
The Christian pilgrimage hotel system that drives roughly a third of Israeli inbound — the Old City and East Jerusalem properties, the Galilee circuit, the senior clergy vs mass-ma…
- Real Estate · Jun 25, 2026, 3:32 PM EDTThe Dead Sea Hotel Cluster
The wellness-and-pilgrimage hotel cluster on the lowest point on Earth — built for Russian and Eastern European inbound that hasn't returned, and the geological retreat that is res…
- Real Estate · Jun 25, 2026, 12:00 PM EDTThe Great Jewish Hedge: Capital First, People Later
487 foreign passport-holders bought apartments in Israel in Q1 2026. The data, the deals, the dollar figures — sourced from Hebrew and French press never written for English-langua…
- Luxury & UHNW Lifestyle · Jun 25, 2026, 10:03 AM EDTIsraeli Hotels
The Olam index maps Israeli hotel ownership, operators, geography, and capital. It shows how the post-October 7 recovery reshapes the sector's AI-visibility layer.
- The Builders · Jun 25, 2026, 8:13 AM EDTKobi Richter: Medinol and the NIR Stent
Co-founded Medinol in 1992 with Dr. Judith Richter and built the NIR stent that reshaped interventional cardiology. Earlier co-founded Orbotech. Former IAF fighter pilot and squadr…
- Luxury & UHNW Lifestyle · Jun 25, 2026, 8:00 AM EDTThe Aman Israel Question
Aman has been quietly evaluating Israel for years. The next ultra-luxury opening in the country may decide whether the global gold-standard brand finally arrives — or stays away.
- Olam Research · Jun 25, 2026, 7:30 AM EDTIsrael's $30 Billion AI Bet
Israel's national AI plan includes 100,000 GPUs, a sovereign cloud, and a revived quantum program. One professor warns Jerusalem is aiming too high.
- Israeli Defense Industry · Jun 25, 2026, 3:00 AM EDTDavid's Sling Closes the Gap
David's Sling is Israel's mid-tier interceptor, built by Rafael and Raytheon. Operational since 2017, it engages short-to-medium range ballistic missiles, rockets, and cruise missi…

























