Hi-tech

Leumi partnering with Aspire for tech employee stock plans

Leumi partners with Aspire for a trust firm (51% stake) to manage tech employee stock options & M&A trust services, entering a field long dominated by private investment houses.

Bank Leumi.
“For many diaspora Jews, an apartment in Israel has become both an investment and a source of security and belonging.”

Your Taxes: Technological versus marketing income

The 19 participants of the first Oz VeRuach cohort achieved a 100% employment rate in hi-tech companies. The program is now looking to expand. PremiumPremium

Wounded IDF veterans achieve 100% job placement in first hi-tech program

HACKATHONERS DISCUSS ‘hasbara’ ideas last week at the Technion

Can the darkest places inspire humanity’s brightest ideas? - opinion


The Jewish world cannot afford to leave AI education to Silicon Valley - opinion

As AI reshapes education, the Jewish world faces a choice: build values-driven tools now or lose control of the next generation’s learning.

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How nonlinear careers could drive Jerusalem’s hi-tech rise

At American Innovation Forum in Jerusalem, business leaders say discipline, risk-taking, and adaptability are key to the capital’s hi-tech future.

American Innovation Forum panelists Orit Greenbaum Lipski, Muawyah Akash, and Tamir Goodman, moderator Anna Ahronheim, and JYP Forum founder Marc Faust, in Jerusalem, Israel, May 20, 2026.

Israel’s future by 2030: Experts split before crucial 2026 vote - opinion

Israel faces a defining moment as experts warn that social divides and migration trends could shape its future through 2030.


Israel’s resilience is the country’s strongest message to the world - opinion

From security to innovation, Israel’s resilience has become a model for confronting modern global threats.


AI is ending era of ‘job immunity’ for young tech workers as it reshapes Israel's job market

New research shows AI is changing the makeup of Israel’s unemployed, with young and entry-level hi-tech workers increasingly affected.

 LOCAL EMPLOYMENT bureau: Network, network, network.

Alef: Tasting the Israeli rosé wine going global with Assaf Granit's push

From vineyard to global tables, Barely Pink reimagines Israeli rosé with bold flavor, identity, and international reach.

Assaf Granit (L) and Elie Wurtman sample their wine in the Bat Shlomo vineyards.

Reinventing recruitment: How AI is shaping the future of hi-tech hiring - opinion

Many technology companies still recruit using very outdated methods, with long processes and complex bureaucracy that cause potential candidates to rush toward competitors.

AI. Illustration.

How the Negev desert became Israel's unlikely global tech powerhouse

From cyber hubs to climate tech, a once-dismissed vision is transforming the South into a global laboratory for solutions

Agrilight – a start-up project in the  DeserTech’s agriculture sector, demonstrating that it’s possible to  grow crops under a photovoltaic installation.

Breaking barriers: Israeli women expand opportunities in STEM and hi-tech

The women working to expand opportunities for other women in Israeli hi-tech

Despite barrier in the hi-tech industry, women in Israel are still shaping the future of STEM.

The invisible risk: Can you really trust your ‘private’ AI assistant to keep your secrets?

TECH AFFAIRS: Research by Israeli cybersecurity company Check Point found a weakness in ChatGPT’s system that could allow someone to extract data without triggering any alarms.

The ChatGPT app icon on a smartphone in this illustration taken October 27, 2025