Tag: Tel-Aviv
Adidas scouting Israeli startups and technologies
Adidas executives are in Israel this week to scout for local startups and technologies, meeting with entrepreneurs and tech investors, reported Calcalist, citing Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), which set up the visit.
“JVP, in conjunction with the...
Reuters casts Tel Aviv pre-1948 as Palestinian Arab city of Tel Ar-Rabeea’
In an article last week about refugees in the Gaza Strip yearning to return to their family homes, now located in Israel, Reuters misrepresented Tel Aviv as an Arab city prior to 1948.
In the...
Facebook creates artificial intelligence team in Tel Aviv
Facebook has formed an artificial intelligence team in Tel Aviv, announced the company on Tuesday.
The 10-person team, called “Data.AI,” will work on machine-learning “algorithms that can improve the company’s internal interface and create new...
Wix announces plans for new headquarters in Tel Aviv
Israeli web-development platform Wix has announced plans for a new headquarters and campus in Tel Aviv, the company announced this week.
The new facility is slated to measure nearly 550,000 square feet and cost about...
Tel Aviv ranked 10th most expensive city on Earth
Tel Aviv has been ranked the 10th most expensive city in the world, surging up the list by 18 slots in just five years, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit’s yearly “Worldwide Cost of...
Israel orders retaliatory strikes in Gaza after rocket attacks aimed at Tel Aviv
The Israel Defense Forces announced that it ordered retaliatory airstrikes targeting “terror sites” in Gaza hours after two rockets were launched in the direction of Tel Aviv on Thursday night.
“Two rockets were launched from the Gaza...
Rockets on Tel Aviv an escalation that could cost Hamas dearly
Thursday night’s twin rocket attack on greater Tel Aviv from the Gaza Strip marks a dramatic escalation of the security situation that could prove to be highly costly for Hamas.
While it remains unclear at...
‘Mezuzah Week’: A spiritual revolution in Tel Aviv
A revolutionary campaign under the title “Mezuzah Week in Tel Aviv” has recently been launched by the Central Chabad of Tel Aviv, where residents will be able to check the mezuzahs of their homes free of...
Tel Aviv-Yafo mayor lights Hanukkah menorah in renewed Dizengoff Square
Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo Ron Huldai inaugurated the renewed Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv by lighting the fourth Hanukkah candle of the central Chabad menorah with Rabbi Joseph Gerlitzky, Chabad-Lubavitch emissary to the city...
Tel Aviv expected to be site of 2019 Eurovision contest
Israel, which won the annual Eurovision Song Contest in May and therefore gets to host in 2019, has recommended Tel Aviv as the site of next year’s singing competition.
In Lisbon, Portugal, 25-year-old Netta Barzilai won...