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U.S.-Israel Business, Trade & Technology

News about business, trade and technology

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with former Google CEO Eric Schmidt in New York City while Netanyahu was in town for the U.N. General Assembly, Sept. 21, 2023. Credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt accepts offer to join Israeli AI forum

He talked tech in New York with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

September 21, 2023

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a live broadcast with Elon Musk, Sept. 18, 2023. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO.

Netanyahu meets Musk in California, kicking off weeklong US trip

"I will work toward encouraging him to invest in Israel in the coming years," said the Israeli prime minister.

September 18, 2023

Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives Emanuel (“Chris”) Welch (left) and his legislative leadership team at a stop on their tour at Netiv HaAsara, a moshav in southern Israel at the border with the Gaza Strip, September 2023. Credit: Jewish United Fund.

Illinois legislators meet with nonprofits, Ukrainian refugees, judicial reform protesters in Israel

State politicians and the Israeli consul general to the Midwest see the trip as a sign of strengthening ties between a U.S. state and Israel, while still referring to visiting “Palestine.”

September 12, 2023

Israeli tech company founders invited to the opening bell ceremony at the New York Stock Exchange on July 26, 2023. Photo by Mike Wagenheim.

At New York Stock Exchange, Israeli tech-company founders ring bell, sound alarm

The opening bell at the Big Board served as a tribute to technology coming front the Jewish state, as well as a warning of troubles back home.

July 26, 2023

Old Israeli coins. Photo by Yahav Gamliel/Flash90.

Moody’s maintains Israel’s credit rating post-vote on judicial reform

Moody's did warn of "negative consequences" following the passing into law of key judicial reform legislation

July 25, 2023

The bustling crowd of thousands at the second annual Zeh Mizeh Satmar Business Expo in New Jersey on July 12, 2023. Credit: Lanchevsky Images.

At New Jersey expo, Satmar Chassidim conduct business with purpose

The event, which drew thousands, featured significant technology, despite the community’s reputation for having a strained relationship with modernity.

July 17, 2023

A group of 150 students from the Jerusalem College of Technology utilized the latest advances in artificial intelligence during the school’s sixth annual women's hackathon, June 2023. Credit: Courtesy of JCT.

AI takes center stage at women’s hackathon in Jerusalem

Road safety, traffic flow and drone-detection solutions won top prizes at the Jerusalem College of Technology’s sixth annual Hack.Her.It.

June 28, 2023

As part of the “Toy Like Me” initiative, an ADI Jerusalem receives a doll with a feeding tube. Credit: ADI.

Toys at ADI Jerusalem offer comfort to young students, rehab patients

New dolls incorporate wheelchairs, limb differences, birthmarks, scars, albinism and medical equipment of all kinds.

June 27, 2023

Dr. Moran Rubinstein. Credit: Tel Aviv University.

Israeli research offers hope for kids with Dravet syndrome

Direct injection into the brain of a virus carrying a normal SCN1A was found to have dramatic impact on a variety of critical aspects of the disease.

Pesach Benson

June 22, 2023