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Illustrative: Dollars and shekels. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
February 2, 2026, 8:42 pm
Manufacturers warn shekel’s mighty surge could lead to layoffs and brain drain
Shekel trading at four-year high is making Israeli goods and services more expensive abroad; Manufacturers Association warns exporters at risk of losing NIS 31B in revenue a year
By Sharon Wrobel
Passengers at Ben Gurion International Airport, August 1, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
December 1, 2025, 7:01 pm
Figures shows brain drain spiked in 2023-2024 as well-educated fled overhaul, war
More doctors, engineers, and high earners moved away during 20-month period, costing state some NIS 1.5 billion in lost taxes, Tel Aviv U. economists find, warning trend may be ongoing
By Sharon Wrobel
Left: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference in Jerusalem on September 16, 2025. Right: The statue of King Leonidas of ancient Sparta stands over the battlefield of Thermopylae in central Greece on March 9, 2007. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL; PARIS PAPAIOANNOU/AFP)
September 29, 2025, 3:56 pm
With ‘super-Sparta’ speech, Netanyahu snarls a tech sector already entangled by war
Saying out loud what many quietly understood, PM’s talk of an increasingly isolated economy seen as unhelpful for an industry struggling to navigate effects of global anti-Israel sentiment
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative image of a man at an airport/travel (Chalabala; iStock by Getty Images)
June 5, 2019, 2:54 pm
Losing our best minds: Startup Nation sees brain drain, fall in productivity
For every graduate who returns to Israel, 4.5 emigrate; ‘exceptionally small’ number of people responsible for propelling the economy, report says; also warns of growing inequality
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative: A Haredi school in the ultra-Orthodox settlement of Beitar Illit, August 27, 2014. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
May 16, 2019, 9:50 am
The kids are not all right, expert warns — and that spells danger for Israel
Substandard education and brain drain are urgent existential threats to the country, says economist Dan Ben-David, and politicians need to do something before it’s too late
By Simona Weinglass
Illustrative. An IDF soldier from the C4I Corps types on a computer. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
October 23, 2017, 6:56 pm
IDF gains small win in battle for brains in face of startup nation’s siren song
Military sees drop in number of officers leaving for the private sector; mulls plan to lease out recruits to the civilian tech world
By Shoshanna Solomon
Young Israelis attend relocation meeting in Herzliya, (Courtesy: Shoshanna Solomon)
September 13, 2016, 11:25 pm
Zionism jilted as Israelis flock to far lands in tech push
At event held, ironically, in Herzliya, 140 of Israel’s brightest gather to find out how to smoothly navigate their transition to Silicon Valley
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative: IDF soldiers using the "Hunter" [Tsayad] system. The acronym stands for Digitized Land Army. The system allows multi-tier communications across encrypted platforms and has revolutionized the way combat unit receive and process intelligence. (Courtesy IDF)
November 18, 2015, 1:22 pm
Army concerned over brain drain in tech units
Report shows number of career soldiers leaving the IDF for positions in private sector doubled between 2011 and 2015
By ToI Staff
The Alcatel-Lucent's team outside the company's Israel headquarters (Photo credit: Courtesy)
January 1, 2015, 4:47 pm
Bell Labs head hopes to turn brain drain into gain
The Israeli branch of the venerable American research firm has big plans for future technology
By David Shamah
Moshe Kahlon (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 8, 2014, 3:49 pm
Popular ex-Likud minister slams old party, plans political comeback
Moshe Kahlon says he never agreed with PM on social policy, disadvantaged Israelis being abandoned, far-right taking over Likud
By Aron Dónzis
Israeli chemist Arieh Warshel accepts the Nobel Prize in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, December 10, 2013 (screen capture: Channel 2)
December 10, 2013, 6:44 pm
Israeli professors awarded Nobel Prize in Stockholm
Arieh Warshel and Michael Levitt won the award for development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems
By Adiv Sterman
Israeli students seen on the first day of the new academic year. October 21, 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 28, 2013, 2:27 am
Israeli groups bring new ideas to ‘brain drain’ battle
Offering professional guidance and range of job opportunities, organizations are working to draw Israeli academics back home
By Ben Sales
Amos Shapira (Photo credit: Courtesy)
From the WebNovember 24, 2012, 7:56 pm
New Haifa U president warns of Israeli brain drain
Canadian Jewish News: The emigration of Israel’s top minds is a threat to Israel’s well-being, Amos Shapira warns
High school students in Jerusalem seen with their report cards on their last day of school. (Photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/Flash90
June 28, 2012, 11:46 pm
US universities seek Israeli students; will they come home when school’s out?
EducationUSA, sponsored by the US State Department, has over 400 centers worldwide, including in Israel, that seek to recruit students for American universities. Should Israel be worried about “brain-drain?”
By David Shamah
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