Web site launched to counter calls to boycott Israeli goods

Published on May 14, 2012

Israeli businessmen have launched a Web site to help counter calls to boycott products made in Israel.

Israeli green tech highlighted at Milken Institute Global Conference

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on May 9, 2012

Israeli scientists and the entrepreneurs who bring their innovations to market have accomplished some remarkable feats during the Jewish state’s 64 years. Israel has long had dairy farms, despite not having any pastureland. Today, thanks to drip-irrigation technology, its desert regions produce quality wine.

With an eye on Twitter, StandWithUs releases app for pre-fab pro-Israel messages

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on May 1, 2012

To celebrate the 64th anniversary of Israel’s founding, StandWithUs released a new social media application that the pro-Israel educational nonprofit hopes will help expand its impact on Twitter and Facebook.

eBay to expand activity in Israel

Published on February 28, 2012

eBay is expanding its activity in Israel. The Internet consumer company said it will unite its two activity centers in Netanya and Tel Aviv into a development center, and will expand the center by recruiting computer engineers, industrial and management engineers, and information system engineers, Ynet reported Monday.

Peres promotes Israeli moon probe

Published on December 8, 2011

Israeli space enthusiasts are taking part in an international moon-probe competition.

Hebrew support for Siri in development

Published on November 30, 2011

Apple reportedly is developing add-ons for the Siri interface that will include support for Hebrew, among other languages.

Cornell, Technion joining for top tech campus

Published on October 24, 2011

Cornell University and The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology will partner to create a world-class applied science and engineering campus in New York City.

Israeli among 4 Jewish scientists to win Nobels

Published on October 5, 2011

An Israeli scientist won the 2011 Nobel Prize for chemistry, and Jewish scientists also took prizes in physics and medicine.

The Jewish World: there’s an app for that

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on October 3, 2011

Tribe Media Corp., parent company of The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, has launched the first Jewish news app designed specifically for the iPad.

Scientist who aimed to spy for Israel pleads guilty

Published on September 7, 2011

A former U.S. government scientist pleaded guilty to charges of trying to sell classified information to Israel.

Judoku app released for iPad

Published on August 2, 2011

Judoku, a Jewish version of Sudoku, has been released as an application for the iPad.

Holocaust-era property database sets mark

Published on August 1, 2011

A database of Holocaust-era property records has become the largest publicly available, single-source database of lost Jewish property assets from that era.

Facebook firm on Holocaust denial pages, despite survivors’ letter

Published on July 28, 2011

Facebook, citing free speech, has rejected a request by Holocaust survivors to remove some pages that espouse Holocaust denial.

Israeli mission to moon for Google contest demands appeal to local donors

By Ryan Torok
Published on July 19, 2011

Kfir Damari, Yonatan Winetraub and Yariv Bash were in Los Angeles last week in an effort to raise $10 million for the construction of a robot that they hope to send to the moon.

Answers.com slashes Israeli staff

Published on June 29, 2011

The Jerusalem-based Answers.com fired about two-thirds of its staff two months after being acquired by a private company.

Israeli inventiveness gets local spotlight

By Orit Arfa
Published on June 7, 2011

When Noam Bardin demonstrated how Waze — a Twitter-infused GPS — got him from LAX to the Luxe Hotel on Sunset in 26 minutes during rush hour, several attendees at the third annual Israel Conference immediately took out their phones to download his app. “The closing of the 405 [in mid-July] is the best moment to look at this app and understand what it can do for you every day,” Waze CEO Bardin said.

VIDEO: Hebrew U and Berkeley scientists perfect tech for medical imagery via cell phones

Published on June 9, 2008

A team at Hebrew University and Berkeley have designed a system to transfer medical images via cell phone.