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Who Revived the Electric Car?
The New York Times’ Thomas Friedman recently described Israeli entrepreneur and electric car visionary Shai Agassi as the “Jewish Henry Ford.” Ford, a notorious anti-Semite, must be rolling over in his grave.
Agassi, 40, may better be likened to a modern-day Thomas Edison. Just as Edison is credited with “inventing” the light bulb, Agassi may one […]
Featured Articles
The Next ‘Crocs,’ Direct From Tel Aviv
Sick of donning those goofy, “clown shoes with holes” known as Crocs — but can’t resist the obvious comfort factor? ...
WSJ’s Houses of Worship
People often compare dating to interviewing for a job. In the Orthodox Jewish world, this notion is taken almost literally. Upon ...
Next-Gen Cellphones To Have Israeli Ring
Take a good, hard look at the cellphone in your pocket. Whether you’re an avid text messager or you’ve only ...
Investment
Add Israel to Your PortfolioWhat a difference a decade makes.
In 1998, when Philadelphia attorney Clifford Goldstein wanted to cash in on the staggering increase in Israeli technology stocks, he was disappointed to discover that no index-based mutual funds of Israeli companies existed.
“Wall Street is slow,” Goldstein says, noting that top brokerage firms he approached “told me they didn’t want […]
Israel
Gilad Shalit’s Facebook FriendsWhen I logged onto Facebook Tuesday, 11 of my friends had changed their “status” to indicate that they have been waiting for a man for two years.
No, not for a proposal or a change of heart. The man they are still waiting for is Gilad Shalit, one of the eight kidnapped Israeli soldiers who are […]
Entrepreneurs
From Flash Drive To Tiny, Modular PhoneIt’s a presenter’s worst nightmare: after fiddling with the PowerPoint for weeks, the big day arrives, everyone gathers in the conference room, and dozens of expectant eyes stare down at you. But the computer won’t boot. And it suddenly dawns on you — with a shudder — that you don’t have any backup.
Luckily for Israeli […]
higher education
Meet the Meteorologist: Kids Watch a Weatherman at WorkEach morning last winter, the sixth graders in Beth Pollak’s classes at MS 328, in New York City’s Washington Heights neighborhood, took turns at the front of the room getting in touch with their inner weatherperson. With studied aplomb, they forecasted that day’s weather, be it hot and humid or cold and dreary.As they had […]
