After Silicon Valley Bank collapse, a bad week for Israeli tech By Valerie Demicheva Mar 15, 2023 The startups in Shuly Galili’s investment fund are no longer in danger of being cut off from their deposits at Silicon Valley Bank, the institution that collapsed in shocking fashion on March 9, now that the FDIC is delivering on its promise to restore access to account holders’ funds. But as a pioneer who helped… Read More
Business ‘No Jew Go Away’ scrawled on door at UC Berkeley Antisemitic graffiti was found on UC Berkeley’s campus Tuesday, with the words “No Jew Go Away” written in red marker on a door in the MLK student union… By Lillian Ilsley-Greene Jan 26, 2023
Bay Area Israeli 'unicorn' startups gallop to success in Bay Area A record number of mythical creatures have cropped up in the Bay Area. But these particular fantastic beasts, while thriving here, have roots in Israel.… By Maya Mirsky May 3, 2022
Bay Area Palestinian and Israeli girls in leadership program visit Bay Area When Farah S. was 9 years old, her father was killed by Israeli soldiers at their home in the West Bank. Omri Dinur, an Israeli originally from the border… By Lillian Ilsley-Greene Apr 21, 2022
Bay Area Some tech workers took ‘remote’ literally — and moved to Israel Koby Geduld clocks into work at 7 p.m. most nights. He’s a project coordinator for Tile, the San Mateo–based maker of Bluetooth-enabled tracking devices.… By Emma Goss Apr 13, 2022
Profile A jeweler’s winding path back to Judaism, and the family business Though he grew up in an Orthodox home, after decades of living a secular life, Andrew Litwin revisited Judaism and dove into it. The 63-year-old San… By Liz Harris Feb 10, 2022
Bay Area Helping people invest their money in solutions to climate change When the week-old Biden administration announced its first steps on climate change — such as halting new oil and gas leases on public lands and mandating… By Dan Pine Feb 11, 2021
Bay Area Mazel Tov Farms is high on Jewish branding When Cary Neiman named his cannabis company Mazel Tov Farms in 2016, he had no idea just how much luck it would bring him. “I don’t necessarily believe in… By Maya Mirsky Feb 10, 2021
U.S. Jared Kushner’s company plans to raise $100 million in Israel bonds Jared Kushner’s family real estate business wants to raise at least $100 million in capital through Israel’s bond market, according to papers filed near… By Gabe Friedman, JTA Dec 30, 2020