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BioJerusalem aims at developing the strong life sciences cluster and supporting new companies that operate in Jerusalem.

This summer wasn’t easy on Israel- that includes its startup ecosystem. But as they’re apt to do, Founders found ways of turning adversity into a positive

About four months ago, we began creating a brand new program called The Jerusalem Ambassadors (JA), in conjunction with Masa, Hebrew University’s Rothberg International School, and the Ministry of Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs.

Earlier this month I had the pleasure of touring with Itzik Yarkoni, founder of BOMAH: The Brand of Milk and Honey, and social media consultant to Hasbara Fellowships. This was the second of two tours that I have done with Itzik

Humans are motivated by stories: family stories, leadership stories, national stories. The Jewish holiday of Passover is not only a story of leaving Egypt, but of building a new nation. It is our story that has motivated the Jewish people for thousands of years. Now there is a new story that motivates the Jewish people:…

After two weeks of immersion in the Israeli start up community, I’ve spent my third week in the country as something of a professional emailer. An Israeli friend and entrepreneur graciously hosted me in his apartment, and I tried to repay him whenever possible by editing his English work emails

Imagine that worldwide everybody can share their own story and everybody can see it. Well this is todays reality; we now have the ability to spread culture and knowledge through storytelling online.

The vast amount of anti-Israel sentiment on the Internet never fails to amaze me. It’s everywhere you go, and nearly impossible to miss. Just type “Israel is” into Google, and one of the first and most searched-for phrases that appears is “Israel is evil.”

When a good friend of mine first stepped foot in Israel, during a summer birthright trip, the first thing he noticed was that when people refer to the country as a desert, they actually really mean it.

On Feb. 6, New York’s Brooklyn College found itself entangled in a fiery free speech fiasco that not only brought to arms both sides of the fervent debate on Israeli-Palestinian relations, but a public and somewhat personal statement by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.