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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 472

high-tech Haredim

Screenshots from Orthodox Instagram accounts that announced they would be shutting down after an anti-social media rally in New Jersey in June 2022. (Design by Jackie Hajdenberg/ JTA)
July 3, 2022, 5:01 am
Orthodox women who built businesses, friendships online are being told to sign off
10 years after an ultra-Orthodox anti-internet rally filled a NY stadium to capacity, ladies are urged to attend similar gatherings pressuring them to give up their smart phones
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men work at a high tech start-up in an office in Tel Aviv, on March 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
December 30, 2021, 2:23 pm
Nearly two-thirds of Haredim are online, COVID driving them to tech training – poll
Israel Democracy Institute survey finds 64% of ultra-Orthodox Israelis use the internet — compared with 28% in 2008 — albeit with a different focus from other Jewish Israelis
By Stuart Winer
Ultra-Orthodox young women in the Adva training program, which aims to teach them with tech skill (Courtesy)
December 31, 2020, 3:05 pm
Newly trained, young Haredi women ready for bold foray into tech world
1st group graduates intensive 2-year Adva program, which is lauded as model for other sidelined groups by industry figures eager for diversity
By Shoshanna Solomon
KamaTech's busload of Haredi women visit high-tech offices in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem (Courtesy Natalie Schor)
July 28, 2020, 3:05 pm
Women lead way as Haredim make inroads into Israeli tech industry, report shows
Number of ultra-Orthodox tech employees jumped by 52% in 2014-2018; 71% of them are women, according to study presented to President Rivlin
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative: Thousands of haredim holding a prayer rally in Jerusalem's Shabbat Square in opposition of the government's plan to start drafting yeshiva students into military and national service on June 25, 2012. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 24, 2019, 6:16 pm
Haredi men’s integration into the workforce slows as government payouts rise
Israel Democracy Institute study suggests ultra-Orthodox men lacking a modern education struggle to earn enough money in job market to make employment worthwhile
By ToI Staff
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
Ilya Dubinsky
July 22, 2019, 5:47 pm
Ilya Dubinsky
Your next employee could be a Haredi woman
Many tech firms overlook a large pool of high-quality workers conveniently located right under their noses: Haredi women
KamaTech's Moshe Friedman, left, partaking in happy hour at the Ampersand Haredi co-working space in Bnei Brak, July 4, 2019 (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
July 11, 2019, 4:13 pm
Cholent and challah at happy hour: Tech co-working space caters to Haredi taste
Ampersand, a gender-separated shared workspace for ultra-Orthodox entrepreneurs, is looking to double its space as new entrepreneurs enter Israel’s booming scene
By Shoshanna Solomon
Benjy Singer
October 20, 2017, 2:17 pm
Benjy Singer
We need to meet the Haredim halfway
6 counterpoints to the sad, disgusting, and frankly embarrassing Haredi ‘Day of Rage’
Illustrative: Participants at the DLD Tel Aviv Digital Conference, Israel's largest international Hi-tech gathering, featuring hundreds of start ups, VC’s, angel investors and leading multinationals, held at the Old Train Station complex in Tel Aviv on September 8, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
January 16, 2017, 8:59 am
Israel to hire foreign high-tech workers to stave off manpower drought
6-year program aims to boost the number of higher education tech students by 40%, encourage women, Arabs, and ultra-Orthodox to enter sector
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: Students in the Haredi College of Jerusalem (Screen capture: YouTube)
November 3, 2016, 9:57 pm
Trailblazing ultra-Orthodox college to close amid massive debts
Celebrated Haredi College of Jerusalem, founded by Israel Prize laureate Adina Bar Shalom, runs out of money and students
By ToI Staff
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
Members of the Kamatech accelerator at the New York event last December (Courtesy)
May 10, 2016, 1:44 pm
Investors form new fund for ultra-Orthodox high-tech firms
Move indicates ‘a lot of goodwill that Israel’s high tech industry leaders have to help Haredi high tech,’ says KamaTech accelerator chairman
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: In this photo taken Tuesday, March 15, 2016, ultra-Orthodox Jewish men work at a high tech start-up in an office in Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
March 20, 2016, 5:41 am
In Israel, a new generation of ultra-Orthodox Jews seek integration
Young Haredim increasingly want to have it all: a religious lifestyle and community, together with the benefits of modernity and work
By Aron Heller
Members of the Kamatech accelerator at the New York event last December (Courtesy)
December 7, 2015, 6:00 pm
Haredi entrepreneurs wow investors in unique demo day
New York presentations for Kamatech accelerator start-ups took place at standing-room-only event, says founder
By David Shamah
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