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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 643

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Friend founder Avi Schiffmann (Cameron Quijada)
August 9, 2024, 11:31 am
Whiz kid Avi Schiffmann is back, this time with a new controversial AI ‘Friend’
Moving beyond website building and internet activism, the 21-year-old is in the process of launching a wearable AI device people can talk to, bond with, and lean on like a real pal
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Sanford Greenberg in Washington, DC, September 25, 2017. (Courtesy)
July 7, 2023, 2:25 am
Inventor, blindness activist and former roommate of Art Garfunkel honored at Harvard
The musician inspired Sanford Greenberg to push on with his studies at Columbia after losing his sight. In turn, he helped inspire the classic anthem, ‘The Sound of Silence’
By Rich Tenorio
A view of Schragel’s Bagels in Hong Kong. (Jordyn Haime/ JTA)
June 30, 2022, 1:30 am
In Hong Kong, dreams for a new Jewish deli devolve into a war between owners
A dispute is going public via the restaurant’s social media, splitting the public and airing unsavory accusations of harassment, mob-like activity and cultural appropriation
By Jordyn Haime
Before working with a wholesale bakery, Meckler would wake up at 5:30 each Friday morning and bake two batches of 32 loaves for pickups in the evening. (Courtesy of Meckler/ via JTA)
May 6, 2022, 1:56 am
How Dolly Meckler turned her challah-baking hobby into a fast-rising business
Featured in Forbes and the New Yorker, the baker says she wasn’t the ‘kitchen type’ before the pandemic, but social media savvy from working in entertainment has got her on a roll
By Jane Herz
In a promotional video for Kosher Dekal, a woman takes off the product from a kitchen counter. (YouTube/ via JTA)
May 1, 2022, 2:52 am
A New Jersey firm thought it had a winning Passover product. Then things got sticky
After the holiday, customers receive a surprise when supposedly easy-off Kosher Dekal countertop covers adhere too well due to a factory error in China — resulting in huge refunds
By Jacob Henry
Ori Zohar, left, and Ethan Frisch, right, are the founders of the single-origin spice company Burlap & Barrel. (Mark Mahaney/ via JTA)
February 4, 2022, 3:01 am
These modern-day Jewish spice merchants want to revolutionize the industry
Ori Zohar and Ethan Frisch, founders of Burlap & Barrel, are demystifying one of the least-known areas of the pantry by sourcing directly from farmers from Afghanistan to Guatemala
By Shira Hanau
Arab students take part in a Makeathon in 2020 at Tel Aviv University organized by Tsofen. A Makeathon is when teams work to build new products (Courtesy)
January 27, 2022, 3:51 pm
Israel launches $70m program to promote tech entrepreneurship in Arab community
Initiative aims to integrate members of Arab communities into booming tech industry, where they are severely underrepresented
By Ricky Ben-David
Edward Ilyasov, 29, left his job in finance to pursue opening a pickle store full time after years of feeling unfulfilled. (Courtesy/ via JTA)
January 22, 2022, 12:59 pm
Meet the 29-year-old Bukharian Jew who quit Wall Street to open a pickle shop
Edward Ilyasov is using his already-successful venture to show others in his community that unusual or riskier careers can pay off big – in both money and fulfillment
By julia GERGELY
Dr. Daphne Haim-Langford, CEO and Founder of Tarsier Pharma. (Courtesy)
December 1, 2021, 8:13 pm
Israeli pharmaceutical executive wins 2021 EU Prize for Women Innovators
Dr. Daphne Haim-Langford, founder and CEO of Tarsier Pharma, awarded €100,000 prize
By ToI Staff
Gideon Italiaander (right) charges a customer's debit card at his shop in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on October 11, 2021. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
November 14, 2021, 7:50 pm
Jewish entrepreneur revives pre-Holocaust Amsterdam’s colorful retail spirit
Though the city’s fabled Waterloo Market, once run by Jews, met its end due to WWII, Gideon Italiaander brings back the personal touch with his chain of thrifty home goods stores
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Bazooka bubble gum. (Design by Grace Yagel/ via JTA)
May 27, 2021, 1:21 am
The Jewish history of Bazooka bubble gum
The beloved piece of Americana started with a Russian immigrant’s foundering tobacco business before becoming a cultural icon in the US and as far away as Israel
By Joanna O'Leary
A game set of Dreidel Revolution. (Courtesy)
November 27, 2020, 4:42 pm
Up your Hanukkah game with this new spin on dreidel
From the makers of the Jewish Wisdom Ball comes Dreidel Revolution, a twist on the holiday classic that introduces skill, speed, and even bluffing for more dynamic gameplay
By Yaakov Schwartz
Josh and Alissa Ruxin, proprietors of Heaven Retreat as well as Heaven Restaurant & Boutique Hotel in Kigali, February 2020. (Larry Luxner/Times of Israel)
September 29, 2020, 4:37 am
US couple’s swanky ‘hotel Rwanda’ brings jobs, sustainable prosperity to Kigali
Josh and Alissa Ruxin moved to Africa with humanitarian giving and adventure on their minds. Even during the coronavirus crisis, they run a business that employs dozens of locals
By Larry Luxner
Two customers from diverse backgrounds ready to place their orders at Cheskies. (Ezra Soiferman/ www.EzraSoiferman.com)
July 3, 2020, 4:12 pm
Crumbs of comfort: Montreal kosher bakery builds bridges, one babka at a time
A la ‘Seinfeld,’ Montreal institution Boulangerie Cheskie unites the diverse — and occasionally quarrelsome — residents of Outremont with rugelach and black & white cookies
By Aviva Engel
Ken Gloss outside the Brattle Book Shop, which is steps from Boston Common. (Courtesy of the Brattle Book Shop/ via JTA)
June 21, 2020, 6:57 pm
This Jewish Boston bookseller wants to help you spruce up your Zoom background
As pandemic-era videoconferencing gives an intimate glimpse of what’s on people’s shelves, Ken Gloss, owner of the 185-year-old Brattle Book Shop, offers to update your stacks
By Penny Schwartz
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