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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 342

Eugene Kandel

A building damaged in a rocket attack in Tel Aviv on October 27, 2023. (Courtesy)
October 30, 2023, 1:53 pm
Warning of crisis, 300 economists urge government to reallocate nonessential spending
In letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu and Finance Minister Smotrich, senior economists call for changing budget priorities and stopping previously planned discretionary allocation
By Sharon Wrobel
Tech workers block street to protest judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, on January 24, 2023 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 25, 2023, 12:32 pm
Hundreds of top economists warn judicial overhaul could ‘cripple’ economy
Nobelist, former senior advisers to Netanyahu are among signatories of letter, which comes day after Bank of Israel governor reportedly informed PM of grim possible fallout of plan
By ToI Staff
UAE Ambassador to Israel Mohamed Mahmoud Al Khajah, right, and Start-Up Nation Central's CEO Eugene Kandel; April 11, 2021 (Eyal Marilu)
April 13, 2021, 10:38 am
Joint Israel-UAE taskforce to study ways to boost tech cooperation
Nonprofit Start-Up Nation Central and UAE’s Ambassador to Israel Mohamed Mahmoud Al Khajah to set up team to help connect Emirati and Israeli entrepreneurs in host of fields
By Shoshanna Solomon
Start-Up Nation Central CEO Eugene Kandel, left, and Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence of the United Arab Emirates in a virtual conversation on December 2, 2020 (Courtesy)
December 6, 2020, 3:05 pm
UAE minister says joint ventures with Israel in AI sector are ‘undeniable need’
Speaking at a virtual conference, UAE’s minister for artificial intelligence says data-rich UAE could serve as testbed for Israeli tech
By Jake Epstein
Diaspora youth participate in a Birthright Israel event in Jerusalem (Marc Israel Sellem/Flash90)
July 5, 2020, 5:38 pm
Government okays plan to bolster Diaspora Jewry, but sparse on details
Diaspora Affairs Ministry program hailed as ‘paradigm shift’ in times of crisis for many Jewish communities suffering from COVID-19, though little is known about concrete measures
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative image of a payment (wutwhanfoto; iStock by Getty Images)
May 6, 2020, 5:21 pm
Coronavirus spurs debate on whether startups should get aid too
Veteran heads of VC funds say market forces should determine which startups survive, no intervention needed
By Shoshanna Solomon
A class of Adva students at the Seminar Yashan of Beis Yaacov in Jerusalem; July 2019 (Courtesy)
August 28, 2019, 4:52 pm
With rabbis’ blessing, women-for-tech program creates ‘ripples’ in Haredi world
A pilot program backed by top tech firms and university profs is teaching ultra-Orthodox young women the skills needed to land well-paid software engineering jobs
By Shoshanna Solomon
Students speak with prospective employers at IDC job fair in April 2017 (Courtesy Ofer Amram)
December 16, 2018, 1:41 pm
15,000 tech worker shortfall pushing firms to seek talent offshore
Percentage of Israelis employed in the tech sector has remained stagnant at around 8% over the past five years, even as the industry has blossomed
By Shoshanna Solomon
President Rivlin (seated, third left) at the inauguration of the program in Jerusalem to boost Arab and, Haredim in the Israeli tech sector. (Yanai-Rubaja)
October 18, 2018, 3:05 pm
Group kicks off pilot to give Arabs, ultra-Orthodox women a leg up in tech
Program seeks to remedy shortage of 15,000 skilled workers in sector by reaching out to segments of society not traditionally participants in Israel’s high-tech boom
By Shoshanna Solomon
A lab at Ben-Gurion University (Courtesy)
May 29, 2018, 2:31 pm
New database will track technology developed in Israeli universities
Start-Up Nation Central’s expanded database now tracks over 1,300 technologies being developed at Israeli research institutions
By Shoshanna Solomon
Amnon Shashua, co-founder and chairman of Mobileye arrives at a Mobileye and Intel Workers Conference in Jerusalem, March 14, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 14, 2017, 1:11 pm
Tech chiefs get seat in ranking of most influential Israelis
TheMarker financial website names more than 20 tech luminaries in its annual list of the top 100 people with the most influence in Israel
By Shoshanna Solomon
Startup Nation Central's Guy Hilton, presenting the Israeli tech ecosystem at an event in Poland in 2017 (Courtesy: Startup Nation Central)
September 4, 2017, 10:42 am
Tech matchmaker firm adds executives to boost scope
Guy Hilton appointed as general manager of nonprofit Startup Nation Central; he will report to CEO Eugene Kandel
By Shoshanna Solomon
An ultra-Orthodox man enters the Intel high-tech compound in Jerusalem. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 1, 2016, 12:53 pm
Israel start-up czar says lack of workers is threat to high-tech scene
Eugene Kandel, former head of the National Economic Council, urges country to better prepare women and others for jobs in the industry
By Shoshanna Solomon
Economics professor Dr. Avi Simhon on June 16, 2010. (Flash90)
December 13, 2015, 9:30 am
Netanyahu taps Hebrew U. professor as economic czar
Haredi, opposition MKs protest Avi Simhon’s appointment, say he ‘hates families blessed with children’ and the poor
By ToI Staff
Entrepreneurs gather at the Google campus in Tel Aviv. (Anna Morein)
October 7, 2015, 7:30 pm
Nonprofit connects Israel tech firms with investors
Billionaire Paul Singer’s Start-Up Nation Central seeks to promote local innovation to solve global problems
By David Shamah
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