Hundreds to discuss how wikis can revolutionize the spread of information. Wikimedia Israel is already exporting knowledge to African schools. Wikipedia writers’ meet-up at Tel Aviv University in January 2010, celebrating 100,000 articles on Hebrew Wikipedia. Deror Lin is to the right of the woman in the pink striped shirt, second row. Wikipedia founder Jimmy […]
The perennially popular Red Sea International Jazz Festival, which takes place at the end of August in Eilat and is now in its 25th year, attracts tens of thousands of jazz aficionados from Israel and overseas who come to enjoy great music, jam sessions, master classes, a relaxed atmosphere and all that Israel’s most popular […]
Visitors to the Old City of Jerusalem this September will be able to enjoy a celebration in the style of the Middle Ages – Jerusalem Knights. Musicians, dancers, magicians, jugglers, knights, princesses, troubadours, royal court jesters and peddlers from the Middle Ages will return to the alleyways of the Old City and the charming corners […]
On a dusty path on Kibbutz Ketura, one of the sunniest spots in Israel, there was cause for celebration this past World Environment Day, June 5. On that day, the Israeli company Arava Power marked an historic event for Israel, the solar energy industry and the environment. It took five years to get the permits […]
The traditional highlight on Jerusalem’s summer events calendar is celebrating 36 years – the International Arts and Crafts Fair, which attracts tens of thousands of tourists and visitors, will take place at Arts and Crafts Lane and Sultan’s Pool from 15-27 August. The colorful fair, known as Khutsot Hayotser in Hebrew and named after the […]
Guinness judge Rob Mollow who came to Israel to crown the company: Babylon is following in the footsteps of Firefox and Facebook. Online translation company Babylon Ltd. today claims to have broken the Guinness record for downloads for language solutions. Guinness judges arrived in Israel to crown the company. Guinness judge Rob Mollow said, “This […]
Digital media, IT, and mobile start-ups are participating in the Boston and New York road trip to meet potential investors and high-tech industrialists. 15 digital media, IT, and mobile start-ups are participating in Bootcamp Ventures’ Israel Innovation: Boston & New York Road Trip to meet potential investors and high-tech industrialists. Bootcamp Ventures is a start-up […]
IVC and KPMG Report: Israeli high-tech capital raising in H1/2011 – up 82% Mid to late stage financing leads The following are the findings of the IVC-KPMG Quarterly Survey conducted by IVC Research Center in cooperation with KPMG Somekh Chaikin Israel. This Survey reviews capital raised by private Israeli high-tech companies from Israeli venture capital […]
As reported in israel 21c: The Weizmann Institute of Science has once again been named “best place to work in academia” in The Scientist magazine’s annual survey. Weizmann is the only Israeli research center on the magazine’s Top 10 international academic institutions. The Rehovot institute regularly ranks among the top five non-US institutions, and has […]
As reported in IVC: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development report on entrepreneurship finds that while Israel ranks poorly in terms of bureaucratic obstacles, venture capital is relatively easy to obtain there. If Israel is a start-up nation, then it has achieved that status despite the bureaucratic obstacles facing entrepreneurs, according to an OECD report […]
