Itai Zehorai

Itzik Shmuli (left), Eric Goldstein, CEO of the UJA-Federation of New York, with Brig. Gen. Alon Friedman | Photo: Eliana Neustadt

From New York with Love: The Philanthropic Organization that supports Israel with Hundreds of Millions of Shekels

Since October 7th, the Jewish Federation of New York has stepped into the void left by the government and invested huge sums in supporting and assisting hundreds of thousands of Israelis. Now, after the approval of another grant package worth tens of millions for residents of the north, the organization’s director in Israel, Itzik Shmuli, talks about the intensive activity of the organization. He emphasizes the strength of the connection with the USA and warns about the severe lack of government functioning: “In some areas in the north, to this day, the government simply does not exist.”

30Under30, 2024 Edition. Geffen Yamin (R), Ohad Zaidenberg, Odeya, Suleiman Maswadeh and Eyar Halabi | Photo: Nir Slakman

Forbes 30 Under 30: Meet The Class Of 2024

Even in a year so challenging and full of upheavals, these young Israelis show us that despite everything, we can – and should – remain optimistic about the future here

Hamas | Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90

Hamas Secret Investments Portfolio: A Forbes Investigation Already Revealed Two Years Ago

The New York Times investigation published this week confirms the publication in Forbes Israel, which estimated the value of the international investment fund of Hamas at about half a billion dollars. A senior Mossad official warns in a Forbes Israel interview about the government’s unwillingness to take financial action against the terrorist organization

(from right) Judith Richter, Igor Buchman, Larry Ellison, Safra Catz, Sylvan Adams, Len Blavatnik | Photo: Shlomi Yosef, Levon Biss for Forbes, Shutterstock, Benjamin Appelbaum, Ziv Koren, Tim Bischoff

Forbes List: The World’s Jewish Billionaires

The falling markets during the last year created ripples in the ranking of the World’s Jewish Billionaires • Mark Zuckerberg – who was ranked first in 2020 – lost most of his fortune and is now ranked seventh. Larry Ellison, who is now ranked 1st, Michael Dell, and the founders of Google – all of their fortunes grew significantly • Forbes Israel presents: 267 billionaires with a combined net worth of 1.7 trillion dollars

From the right: Ofir, Bahat and Schwartz Photo: Nathanel Tobias

“There is no other platform like ours”

Dazz, headed by CEO and founder Merav Bahat, appears to be one of the most promising startups of Israeli cyber • With a holistic solution to identify and remediate security breaches in a short response time, the startup managed to raise 60 million dollars within a year from leading global investors • “Even in the current market conditions, we will continue to grow and grow – with the goal being a valuation of one billion dollars”

Quite a few rich people became richer, even in such a complex and challenging year. Idan Ofer, Shari Arison, Shalom McKenzie, Yigal Demari and Danna Azrieli | Photos: Idan Ofer Communications, Dudi Hasson, PR, Amit Shael, Ziv Koren

2022 Israeli Billionaires

When taking a closer look into the various lists we’ve previously published, it is difficult to find a year quite like 2022 – loaded with global events and contrasting trends that shaped the wealth map as it is depicted on our list of Israel’s 100 richest for 2022

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