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An undated photo showing Mali (left) and Liel Yahalomi, an Israeli mother and daughter who went missing in Vienna on August 7, 2026, and were found alive and well in Argentina on August 14, 2026. (Israel's Embassy in Austria)
August 16, 2026, 2:24 am
Police issued gag order on Mali and Liel Yahalomi case so they wouldn’t change their plans
Reports say mother and daughter asked Google’s Gemini how to leave Israel quietly, police used chatbot history to find them; two were planning on obtaining fake IDs
By Zev Stub
Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi, in black, with a group of Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine trainees, in 2022. (US Western District of Louisiana court)
August 14, 2026, 5:24 am
Gazan sham charities’ crowdfunding funneled cash to alleged terrorists, US probes show
3 federal investigations point to ties between terror activity and online fundraising, highlighting intersection of terrorism financing, social media and cryptocurrency
By Luke Tress
Meitar Roz keeps it positive while in the hospital in an undated photo. (Courtesy of the Roz family)
June 19, 2026, 7:49 pm
Back on his feet: Thousands fund Israeli boy’s $3.2m degenerative disease treatment
Friends, family, strangers chip in for 8-year-old Meitar Roz’s life-changing DMD therapy in campaign launched by mother and IDF reservist father after state denied request for help
By Lianne Kolirin
Soldiers enjoy free meals at Shuva Achim, near the Gaza border, southern Israel, January 5, 2026. (Dror Trabelsi)
May 9, 2026, 7:38 am
Pop-up stop for soldiers on Gaza border draws volunteers from across the globe
Begun by a handful of brothers eager to help fellow Israelis on October 7, 2023, Shuva Achim has become a second home for soldiers and a magnet for anyone visiting the south
By Sue Surkes
This handout photo taken and received from the NSW Premier's Department on December 15, 2025, shows New South Wales Premier Chris Minns (L) talking with Ahmed Al Ahmed, the man who tackled and disarmed one of the Bondi Beach terrorists, at St. George Hospital in Sydney. (Handout/ NSW Premier's Department/AFP)
December 16, 2025, 6:42 am
Jewish donors help raise $1.3m for the Muslim man who disarmed a Bondi Beach attacker
Sponsors of GoFundMe campaign hail Ahmed Al Ahmed for ‘selfless, instinctive, and undeniably heroic actions,’ as he recovers in the hospital after being shot twice in terror attack
By Grace Gilson
Outgoing OurCrowd CEO and founder Jon Medved (right) with the venture investment firm's acting CEO Cali Chill. (Courtesy)
October 22, 2025, 12:17 pm
OurCrowd’s Medved bullish about defense tech as he steps down as CEO, becomes chairman
Veteran investor and founder of the venture investment platform hands over the reins after 12 years for medical reasons, sees foreign investors continuing to bet on local tech
By Sharon Wrobel
Singer-songwriter Matti Caspi in campaign to raise funds for additional cancer treatment (Courtesy Lehosheet Yad)
July 14, 2025, 5:53 pm
Battling cancer, singer Matti Caspi asks public to help fund innovative treatments
Performer launches crowdfunding campaign to finance experimental therapies he is undergoing that are not covered by national health system
By Jessica Steinberg
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July 13, 2022, 4:27 pm
Eximore launchs crowdfunding campaign for human clinical trials for its Slow Release Ophthalmologic Treatments
Eximore is developing a revolutionary nanomedical device that can prevent blindness
Illustrative: In this image released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office on May 1, 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives for his meeting the day before with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
May 5, 2022, 5:20 pm
Zelensky turns to crowdfunding to help Ukraine defeat Russian invasion
‘Every donation matters for victory,’ Ukrainian president says as he announces launch of United24 platform; also indicates Kyiv will give daily updates on how money being spent
By AFP
Filmmaker Laizy Shapira, the creator of 'Srugim.' (Screen capture: YouTube)
August 13, 2021, 5:36 am
Creator of hit TV show ‘Srugim’ turns to fans to finance sequel of sorts
With networks short on cash years after series on Modern Orthodox dating scene, Laizy Shapira looks to crowdfund $400,000 for aptly named ‘What’s Your Next Project?’
By Ben Sales
Wine experts Roni Saslove (left) and Guy Haran (second from left) partnered with graphic design artist Itamar Gur and photographer David Silverman (right) to create 'Wine Journey,' a guide to Israeli wineries (Courtesy Wine Journey)
October 16, 2020, 11:17 am
Vineyard visit? Wine not, write 2 oenophiles in fresh guide to Israeli wineries
Blocked from giving tours during coronavirus closure, Roni Saslove and Guy Haran pen and crowdfund ‘Wine Journey Israeli Adventure’
By Jessica Steinberg
Amiram Ben Uliel in the Lod District Court on May 18, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Pool Photo via AP)
September 15, 2020, 4:38 pm
Fundraiser for Jewish terrorist in Duma attack raises over NIS 500,000 in a day
Site aims to cover legal costs of contesting three life sentences given to Amiram Ben Uliel for deadly 2015 firebombing of Palestinian family
By ToI Staff
A digitized photo of what Barmon, a cooperative bar set up in a refitted bus, will look like if it opens as hoped in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood of Jerusalem in August 2020 (Courtesy Shomi Bar-Cohen)
July 16, 2020, 5:49 am
If you build a (cooperative) bar in a bus, the neighbors will come
A communal effort in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Armon Hanatziv raises money to refit a bus as a local hangout
By Jessica Steinberg
A campaign for coronavirus victim Lipa Friedrich on the website Dryveup.com has already raised over $1 million. (Screenshot/ via JTA)
May 20, 2020, 2:53 pm
US-based Jewish crowdfunding sites raise millions for virus victims
Even as people cut back under economic stress, charitable giving is still deemed ‘essential’; communities come together to support families who have lost breadwinners
By Ben Harris
Tmol Shilshom David Ehrlich, center, who died suddenly on March 23, 2020, with photos of friends and customers from his cafe (Tmol Shilshom crowdfunding project)
April 2, 2020, 5:54 pm
Tmol Shilshom staff and friends crowdfund to save beloved cafe
‘We were drawn to the place, and we won’t let it go,’ says one of the former cafe staffers behind the Headstart page that aims to raise NIS 250,000
By Jessica Steinberg
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