Business
Kurz: If you build it, they will come
Chris LeppekFeb 01, 2018
this phrase — “If you build it, they will come” — the ultimate sports cliché of all time? Peter Kurz doesn’t think so. “That old cliché,” says the CEO of...
Israelis line up to purchase bitcoin
Andrew Tobin, JTAJan 04, 2018
TEL AVIV — Israelis lined up Dec. 19 at the newly opened bitcoin exchange in this city to purchase the coveted cryptocurrency. Amid the store’s yellow signage, the...
Massive job cuts at pharma giant Teva
Andrew Friedman, TPSDec 21, 2017
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (NYSE & TASE: TEVA) confirmed last week that the generic drug giant would lay off 1,750 workers in Israel and close at least one local...
After 21 years, Rose CEO Ken Feiler retires
Chris LeppekDec 07, 2017
CHANUKAH 5778 SECTION B PAGE 8 the end of the current year, Ken Feiler will step down after 21 years as president-CEO of Rose Medical Center. At least three testimonial...
Kosher butchers in Europe face closure
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTANov 30, 2017
PARIS — When Jerry Levy’s family opened one of the first gourmet kosher meat shops in France, they had some of the country’s best-laid business plans. Hailing from...
JNF-KKL brings in $3 billion a year
Andrew Tobin, JTANov 16, 2017
JERUSALEM — American Jews dropped nickels and dimes into the Jewish National Fund’s blue charity boxes to help Zionists build the Jewish state. More than a century...
With its growing wine scene, is Israel becoming the new Tuscany?
Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21cSep 14, 2017
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5778 SECTION B PAGE 10 “Wine touring and tasting in Israel has reached a level of excellence that rivals Tuscany and even Bordeaux, I dare...
Birthright match for business fellowships
Andrew Friedman, TPSSep 14, 2017
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5778 SECTION B PAGE 13 The world of hi-tech is not exactly foreign to 23-year-old Elad Ambar: As a veteran of the IDF’s elite Unit 8200, the...