Jake Epstein

Participants in the Discover by Israel Innovation Experience demo day held on July 15, 2021 (Eitan Abaud)

July 19, 2021, 6:20 pm

Latin American young adults visit Israel for hit of local ‘alta tecnología’

80 twenty-somethings participate in 5-month program that immerses them in Israel’s tech ecosystem with healthy dose of entrepreneurship

By Jake Epstein

A delegation of Israelis, Moroccans, Emiratis and Bahrainis gather for a photo in Israel on June 15, 2021, as part of an event held by Israel-is (Israel-is)

July 4, 2021, 1:10 pm

In Israel, Emiratis and Moroccans check out tech and forge ties

During a weeklong trip, young visitors from Muslim countries get a taste of Israeli innovation, food and culture in bid for normalization

By Jake Epstein

Israelis and Arabs demonstrate in support of coexistence in Tel Aviv on June 5, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

June 20, 2021, 10:18 pm

Mixed city rioting injects new urgency into peacebuilding push

Saying violence in Lod and elsewhere showed challenges of building shared society, organizers redouble efforts for sustainable long-term fund

By Jake Epstein

Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital team members wearing safety gear as they work in a coronavirus ward, on February 01, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

June 13, 2021, 1:31 pm

2 Israelis and a Palestinian American set up automated surgical glove dispenser

Founders say iNitrile device could cut hospital waste by 12-15%; to seek US launch shortly

By Jake Epstein

An illustration of the Moovit app (Courtesy)

May 24, 2021, 6:01 pm

Amid pandemic, Moovit tracks sharp drop in global public transportation usage

Attempting to make sense of how movement patterns have changed worldwide since the start of the deadly virus, data finds Israel hit lowest usage on April 15 last year

By Jake Epstein

Illustrative image of a robot, Artificial Intelligence (AI); (PhonlamaiPhoto; iStock by Getty Images)

April 29, 2021, 3:20 pm

Using smartphones and AI, psychiatrists get toolkit for remote assessment

Israel-based medical startup Montfort creates app to help diagnose and treat psychiatric disorders, transforming mental health into exact science

By Jake Epstein

The 45 entrepreneurs of the second cycle of Starting Up Together at the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation on February 28, 2019 (Roei Hirsch)

April 5, 2021, 1:10 pm

A decade post-Arab Spring, Startup Nation program aims to build ‘Startup Region’

60 young participants from across the Mideast and North Africa are working in Starting Up Together, an online hub, to develop ideas that can have an social impact

By Jake Epstein

An illutrative image of a woman's eye (eternalcreative; iStock by Getty Images)

March 25, 2021, 11:40 am

Startup developing ‘world’s first’ synthetic cornea raises $25 million

EyeYon’s flagship product would enable doctors to treat fluid buildup in cornea in a minimally invasive way, avoiding use of human tissue

By Jake Epstein

On Good Deeds Day on March 16, 2021, four ADI residents became the world’s first wheelchair users to train in an advanced flight simulator, each enjoying 60-minute flight instruction simulations with the guidance of an El Al pilot (Liat Mandel)

March 24, 2021, 10:34 am

Piloting El Al simulator, four people with disabilities touch the sky

On ‘Good Deeds Day,’ residents of ADI, which provides residential and rehabilitative care, become first pilots in a wheelchair to fly an El Al Boeing 737 flight simulator

By Jake Epstein

An illustrative image of an Atlas craft (Courtesy)

March 16, 2021, 1:13 pm

Not a bird, not a plane: Startup hopes to hit skies with ‘eco-friendly’ blimps

Israel-based Atlas LTA seeks to build luxury dirigibles for tourists, bringing new tech to traditional crafts and aiming at zero carbon footprint

By Jake Epstein

Israeli Jews and Palestinians talk to each other, during a weekly meeting organized by Ali Abu Awwad, a Palestinian from the West Bank, on July 22, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

March 11, 2021, 10:50 am

Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilders prepare for $250m US government injection

The Middle East Partnership for Peace Act, passed by US Congress in December, provides seed funding over five years to boost reconciliation initiatives

By Jake Epstein

Left to right: Eyal Biram, Ilan Hazam, Norah Alawadi and Ahmed Elmansuri, pose for a photo as part of the first formal visit of the Leaders of Tomorrow initiative in Dubai last November (Courtesy)

March 9, 2021, 1:12 pm

In hackathon, hopes of new ties between young Israelis and Arab peers

‘The First Abraham Accords Virtual Social Hackathon,’ to be held in late March, will see students and professionals from Israel, Bahrain, Morocco and the UAE brainstorm together

By Jake Epstein

Illustrative image of a medical team performing surgery in an operating room. (jacoblund; iStock by Getty Images)

February 23, 2021, 10:56 am

By bringing AI to surgeries, startup hopes to close knowledge gaps

Theator, based in Palo Alto with an R&D site in Tel Aviv, raises $15.5 million in a Series A funding round to grow its surgical intelligence platform

By Jake Epstein

A bus in the UK, protected with the Aura Air filters (Courtesy)

February 18, 2021, 9:36 am

As COVID turns indoors toxic, purification startup sells a breath of fresh air

Aura Air says its devices, released during the pandemic, can disinfect 99.9% of viruses and bacteria

By Jake Epstein

Israelis wearing face mask for fear of the coronavirus are seen in public transport in Jerusalem on March 17, 2020. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

February 14, 2021, 1:52 pm

Israeli startup aims to bid farewell to late, empty buses

Tel Aviv-based Operatti looks to build a ‘smart public transportation’ app that will send vehicles of just the right size to pick up travelers on set routes, on demand

By Jake Epstein