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Israel / Business and Economy / Korea

South Korea, Israel to Establish $80 Million Fund for DeepTech Investments

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The fund, known as the NH-OC Global Open Innovation fund, will focus on investing in approximately 25-30 startups.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Israeli Startups Raise $2.6b Since Jan. 1

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

In April alone, Israeli startups raised $1 billion. The actual figure is likely higher as some startups keep their funding private.

Israel / Israel At War: Iron Swords / News Briefs / Business and Economy

12,000 Foreign Workers Have Returned to Israel Since War

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Israel is talking with a number of countries to bring in workers for the construction and agriculture industries.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Record Number of US-Based Israeli ‘Unicorns’ a Mixed Bag

By Mike Wagenheim - JNS

Eight American-based Israeli companies surpassed $1 billion valuations in the last year, but market headwinds are keeping the overall number artificially high.

Israel / Business and Economy

Smotrich Wants to Bring Costco to Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich reached out to Costco...

Featured / Headline / Op-Eds / Politics / Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / Left vs. Right / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

MK Simcha Rothman: 6 Facts About our Right to Choose Amendment

By Simcha Rothman

This legislation has no special connection to the LGBT, just as it has no special connection to Islam, or to skin color.

Israel / Business and Economy

Google, Microsoft Top List of Israel’s Best Employers

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Rounding out the top 10 are Intel, Meta, SAP, IBM, Tidhar Group, ISR-Israel Railways, Ezer Mizion and Apple.

Business and Economy / Asia

Israel’s Elbit Systems Wins $120 Million Contract to Supply UAVs to Thailand

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Israeli defense firm will provide the Royal Thai Navy with the advanced Hermes 900 Maritime Patrol unmanned aerial vehicle.

Israel / Business and Economy

Israeli Start-ups Raised $1.1 Billion in August

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Since some corporations choose to keep their investments out of the public domain, the actual figure might be even higher.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Intel to Buy Israel’s Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 Billion

By Abigail Klein Leichman

Based in northern Israel, Tower is a foundry for analog semiconductors in global high-growth markets such as mobile, automotive and power.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Gulf States / UAE

History: First Official Israeli Business Delegation Arrives in Bahrain

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israel's first official business delegation landed in Manama, the capital of Bahrain, and met with Bahrain’s Minister of Industry and Commerce Ziad Al Zayani and with senior banking and business officials, on Wednesday.

Israel / Travel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

EL AL Reportedly Suffered $60 Million Loss in 2019

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

That loss came before the coronavirus, which has only grounded planes and cost the airlines even more money.

Business and Economy / Product Promotion

Learn How to Run a Successful American Amazon Business from Israel

By Duvi Honig

Do you or your married children reside in Israel? Contrary to conventional wisdom, you can run a successful American Amazon business while living in Eretz Yisrael! Learn how.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

October: Israel’s Unemployment Rate Reaches Historic Low

By Arye Green / TPS

The unemployment rate among men stood at 3.1% while women’s unemployment measured at 3.7%.

Featured / Israel / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Yeshiva University to Launch NYC-Based Hub for Israeli Startups

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Students visited more than 15 startup firms in sectors such as cyber security, medicine, biotech, agrotech, finance and artificial intelligence.

Featured / Israel / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Gaming Giant Electronic Arts Setting Up Israel Development Center

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Electronic Arts is acquiring the Israeli development unit of the company GameFly.

Rejuvenation with Eve Harow

Rejuvenation: Refreshing the Game of Life

By The Land of Israel

Torah also imparts many messages about how to do business. Today on Rejuvenation Eve Harow interviews Simcha Gluck of FreshBiz Game about his new book, Israel, Tanach and how we can all be agents of change in the world.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

High-Tech Exits For 2017 Soar to $23 Billion

By Steve

Two mega deals accounted for 72 percent of the exit money.

Headline / Israel / Business and Economy

Breaking News: Teva to Lay Off 1750 Employees in Israel; 14,000 Worldwide

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

CEO Kåre Schultz his restructuring plan would restore the company’s financial security and stabilize its business.

Israel / Business and Economy

Three Israeli Weapons Manufacturers Sold $7.8 Billion Of Arms in 2016 As Global Demand Rises

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Three Israeli defense companies ranked among the world’s 50 largest manufacturers of weapon systems.

Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Local

Haifa Chemicals Employees Protest Layoffs

By Jewish Press News Desk

The giant ammonia tank was deemed a major health, environmental and security hazard for years.

The Modern Jewish Home

The Modern Jewish Home - She’s Taking Care of Business!

By Israel News Talk Radio

Today, there is nothing to stand in the way of a woman who wants to accomplish something.

Potpourri

There's No Business Like Snow Business

By Sandy Eller

Once the snow has begun to fall, you can start debating the age old question: Do you wait until the snow stops to start shoveling or do you go out and shovel a few times during a lengthier snowfall?

Politics / Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Jerusalem

Jerusalem's New Business District Inaugurated Wednesday

By JNi.Media

Jerusalem Gateway, with a $360 million investment, will spread over 52 acres, create 40,000 new jobs, and become Israel's largest transportation hub.

Israel / Politics / News Briefs / Holidays & Observances / Business and Economy

Survey: Vast Majority of Israeli Businesses Prefer to Stay Shut on Shabbat

By JNi.Media

The vast majority of respondents said staying closed or open on Shabbat should be left to them to decide, while 19% preferred that the decision be enforced by the authorities.

On Our Own/Cheryl Kupfer

Taking Care Of Grave Business

By Cheryl Kupfer

This can, to some extent, be achieved by having a will, letting your loved ones know where you are to be buried, and advising them of your assets and where to locate them.

Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Jerusalem

BOI Keeps Interest Rate Unchanged for September

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Bank of Israel kept the interest rate unchanged for the month of September 2016.

Parenting Our Children

Money And Parenting: Why Money Is Your Children’s Business

By Rifka Schonfeld

Can’t we keep them innocent of all of this money stuff for just a little bit longer?

Israel / US / Global / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

eBay Acquires Israeli SalesPredict, Introducing Major Change in the Way Business Is Conducted

By JNi.Media

“With more than 900 million listings on eBay, there is an enormous opportunity to extend our experience in machine learning and predictive analytics to help eBay identify important product attributes that can affect the price of a product,”

Features On The Jewish World

Temech: Networking And Business Tactics In Jerusalem

By Ann Goldberg

The lectures are all of the highest caliber, with each lecturer a successful expert in his or her field. They give practical hands-on advice and tips to help others replicate their success.

Editorial

A Lame Duck With Unfinished Business

By Editorial Board

Significantly, though, there is precious little leverage the president has with Russia, North Korea, and China.

News Briefs / Business and Economy / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

MK Michael Oren Visits Gush Etzion Startup Hub that Combines Business with Zionism

By Jewish Press Staff

MK Michael Oren's visit highlights the importance of Gush Etzion to Israel and how Hub Etzion fulfills a crucial role in successfully combining Zionism and business.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

20 Multinational Corporations to Converge on Israel’s Top Startups

By JNi.Media

The world’s leading multinational corporations—more than 200—have set up shop in Israel and are looking to invest and do business with startups.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Gasoline Prices to Drop by Nearly 5 Percent

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The government once again is preventing Israeli motorists from enjoying the full effect of the plunging price of oil and will limit the drop in the price at the pump to 25 agorot midnight Monday. A hike in the excise tax will rake in another 5 agorot a liter for the Finance Ministry. The new […]

Israel / Politics / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Barak Invests $1 Million in Firm Linked to Military-Industrial Complex

By JBN / Jewish Business News

The former defense Minister puts his money in 911-type platform developer run by former defense and IDF officials.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / China

China and Israel Sharing Market Opportunities

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

China has acquired $7 billion in Israeli assets in the past three years.

Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Gasoline Prices Dropped at Midnight

By Jewish Press News Desk

The price of self-service 95 octane gasoline in Israel dropped by a tiny bit -- one agora per liter -- at midnight on Sunday.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Summer of War: The Cost of the Conflict on Israel

By Zeev Ben-Yechiel / Tazpit News Agency

The nearly two-month-long conflict with Hamas that has taken an economic toll on Israel. The hardest-hit from the ongoing war are the businesses in the south of the country.

Jewish / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Max Levchin Looking To Repeat Paypal Success With Affirm

By Tibbi Singer

PayPal co-founder Max Levchin netted a reported $34 million when his brainchild was sold to eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion. Ever since that day, the sometimes weird whiz kid Levchin, now 39, has been trying to do it again.

Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Emergency Measures to Assist Residents of South

By Meir Halevi Siegel

Finance, Economy ministries team up to support Israeli businesses struggling under weight of non-stop rocket fire.

News Briefs / Business and Economy / Africa

Lev Leviev Ups the Ante on Angola Diamonds

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli real estate and international business magnate Lev Leviev is raising prices on diamonds he mines in Angola, due to a new deal.

Israel / US / Business and Economy

Bank of Israel May Pop the Bitcoin Bubble

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Economics 101 teaches that “money is money because it is money,” but a bitcoin may not always be a bitcoin.

Goldstein on Gelt

Everything You Wanted to Know about Bonds

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

How would you know if they are a good investment for you?

Sponsored Posts

IDC's Combined Degree in Law and Business

By Jewish Press Staff

Students acquire an in-depth knowledge of international business law and the tools required to integrate into the international legal world and the global business sphere.

Goldstein on Gelt

Google Analytics, Strategy, and You

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

How can you make your online business a success in today's world of SEO and social media? In the first part of this week's Goldstein on Gelt podcast, listen to Doug’s interview with Daniel Waisberg, an Analytics advocate at Google, to find out the tactics of building a business on line and how to make […]

Rebbetzin's Viewpoint

A Worried Wife And Mother

By Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis

Rebbetzin, I have seen families where cousins, aunts and uncles are not even invited to one another’s weddings.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy

PA Entrepreneurs Shun Politics in Cisco Systems Training

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority entrepreneurs are not interested in politics and concentrate on business in a Cisco-Israel training program, Forbes business magazine reported. Israeli Jewish high-tech experts coach PA CEOs and middle-level managers in the sessions. Cisco CEO John Chambers began thinking about the program after meeting with  chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah in 2008. “I personally went […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

PA Arabs May Have to Go Hungry and Naked to Boycott Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

What do Rami Levi, Harel Wizel and Eil Orgad have in common? They are Israelis stores in Judea and Samaria. They also may be the key to destroying the peace process and making real peace.

Israel / Global / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Bennett Says China to Study Free Trade Proposal

By Jewish Press News Desk

Minister of the Economy Naftali Bennett announced during his visit to China that Beijing officials have agreed to carry out a survey to determine the value of a free trade policy. China previously has rejected approaches from Israel that it conduct a study, and this week’s agreement, a pre-condition for a trade agreement,  was unexpected. […]

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Israeli-Founded Traffic Safety ‘Mobileye’ Firm Raises $400 Million

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Israeli-founded Mobileye firm, which develops camera-based program for the auto industry to assist drivers, has raised $400 million through five investors, including Enterprise Rent A Car, to raise the company’s value to $1.5 billion. “This successful transaction is a testament to the strength of our business and the company’s future prospects. We are excited […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / News Briefs

July 4, Day of Operation Entebbe, Israel Upgrades Uganda Airport

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

July 4 is not only US Independence Day. It also is the anniversary of Operation Entebbe. An Israeli firm this week won a contract to return to Entebbe, ironically to upgrade its systems and security.

News Briefs / Business and Economy / Religious & Secular in Israel

Court Orders Tel Aviv to Enforce Law Banning Business on Shabbat

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Supreme Court has ordered Tel Aviv to enforce the law that prohibits stores from operating on the Sabbath. It overruled a February ruling by a lower court, which accepted the city's claim that it carried out its responsibility by fining business owners without a need to force them to close. The three-judge panel, including […]

Haredim & Hassidim / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel

Haredi Tycoons Raising $100 Million to Replace Lapid’s Budget Cuts

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Lapid is beginning to smell like a rose thanks to Haredi tycoons. He is taking yeshivas off the government dole and balancing the budget. How will yeshivas survive? The tycoons have an answer - money.

Goldstein on Gelt

How a Jewish Online Magazine Was Launched

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

An interview with journalist Alana Newhouse former cultural editor of the Forward and current editor at The Tablet.

Travel / News Briefs / Europe / Settlements

Scottish Brewer from Gush Etzion Crafts Traditional Beer

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

What a brew! A Scottish brew master, his Tunisian wife and two Yanks operate a boutique brewery. They produce several hundred bottles a month and plan more.

Daniel Greenfield

The Road to Oligarchy

By Daniel Greenfield

Obamerica will be known as a party country, a good place to buy the good things if you are one of the sons of the rich or are a tourist from a rich country.

Goldstein on Gelt

Big Business and Realizing Your Dreams (Podcast)

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

An interview with Julie Deane, founder of the Cambridge Satchel Company.

Goldstein on Gelt

The Art of Positive Communication (Podcast)

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

An interview with Dalton Kehoe a senior scholar of communications studies.

Goldstein on Gelt

US Taxes and the American Citizen Abroad (Podcast)

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

An interview with Anne Hornung-Soukup, finance director of American Citzens Abroad.

Goldstein on Gelt

How to Combine Business With Motherhood

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

An interview with Gail Reynolds, “the "Six Million-Pound Mum,."

Emes Ve-Emunah

A Haredi Role Model

By Harry Maryles

A Haredi organization helps Haredim be brought up to speed to meet the challenges of the modern work place.

Goldstein on Gelt

Secrets of Strategic Thinking (Podcast)

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

An interview with Professor Stanley Ridgley, Assistant Professor in the Department of Management at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business.

Daniel Greenfield

The Working Class and the Government Class

By Daniel Greenfield

The government class is being led by liars and fools who see it as a lever for upending and taking over a working class society.

News Briefs

Contractors Poised to Defraud Homeowners after Sandy

By Jewish Press Staff

Coalition Against Insurance Fraud warns homeowners about five worst frauds to avoid.

Interviews and Profiles

Goodbye Dairy: Hello Tofutti!

By Sandy Eller

Tofu. For most of us, the word conjures up images of a spongy white unpalatable mass that is best left on the shelf of our local health food emporium. But for New Jersey resident David Mintz, tofu is a magical substance that holds endless possibilities, particularly for the kosher consumer.

Op-Eds

We Need To Chill Out About Obama

By Ezra Friedlander

● The president of the United States, in the midst of a policy dispute with the Israeli prime minister, glared into the television cameras and angrily declared, “It is not the business of other nations to make American foreign policy.” Barack Obama? No, Ronald Reagan.

Daniel Greenfield

Giant Rats and Tiny Men

By Daniel Greenfield

Are we going to be Hamiltonians, Jeffersonians or Jacksonians? The question is what do we want?

Emes Ve-Emunah

Can an Orthodox Jewish Woman Have it All?

By Harry Maryles

As I began reading an article in the Forward by Aurora Mendelsohn about whether a Jewish woman can have it all (meaning a career and an observant family) I received a call from my daughter about an article in the Chicago Tribune about one woman who does have it all.

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Settlements

Ha'aretz Editor: "I Hate Israeli Settlers"

By Malkah Fleisher

In an interview published on November 7 by Israel’s Globes online business magazine, Ha’aretz editorial board member Gideon Levy spoke frankly and openly about his “hatred” of Jews making their lives in Judea and Samaria.

Tales of the Gaonim

Love Of Fellow Jews

By Rabbi Sholom Klass

The kinship and love between Jews is one of the cardinal principles and hallmarks of Judaism and none could match Rav Eliezer-Lippa, father of the two great chassidic leaders Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk and Reb Zusha of Hanipoli, when it came to this particular characteristic.

Op-Eds

Driving The Iranian Regime Into The Ground

By Bill de Blasio

There’s no question Iran’s corrupt and abusive regime is feeling the bite of tough new sanctions. These sanctions are our only hope short of armed conflict of stopping Iran – the world’s number one sponsor of terror and single greatest threat to the state of Israel – from obtaining nuclear weapons.

Op-Eds

AARP Throws Granny Under the Bus

By S.K. Bhattacharya

If any single business lobby—yes, business lobby—stands as an obstacle to entitlement reform, it is the American Association of Retired People [AARP]. There is nothing wrong with being a successful business, and the AARP should be credited for being just that. But there is something unsavory, at least, about being in the business of duping the elderly. Dissimulating—even to the elderly—is not illegal, nor should it be.

Israel / News Briefs / Health and Living

Israeli Company Wins FDA Approval For Bone Cancer Treatment

By Malkah Fleisher

Israeli med-tech company InSightec Image Guided Treatment has announced that it has been approved for US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) premarketing of its ExAblate targeted focused ultrasound treatment for the removal of bone tumors.

Halacha & Hashkafa

Suspected!

By Rabbi Meir Orlian

"I arranged with Simon Cooper, the plumber, to clear the blockage in the kitchen sink this morning," Mr. Laks told his wife. "Oh, great!" she replied. "I'll clean the kitchen before he comes."

Op-Eds

Don’t Blame Adelson For Collapse Of Israel’s Monolithic Liberal Media

By David M. Weinberg

Liberal pundits have coined a new saw: Sheldon Adelson and the newspaper he owns, Israel Hayom, are primarily responsible for the collapse of many Israeli media outlets, and this endangers Israeli democracy.

Business/Finance / Israel / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Israel on Campus Coalition Joins Up with Student Investment Group

By Malkah Fleisher

The Israel on Campus Coalition announced a new partnership with the student-run TAMID Israel Investment Group, connecting American business students with business and investment opportunities in Israel.

Halacha & Hashkafa

Driveway Sukkah

By Rabbi Meir Orlian

Sam Berger and Moti Farber shared a two family house, with a joint driveway in front. The Farbers had an extensive family, whereas Sam was relatively young and just recently had his fourth child.

Sultan Knish

No Business Like Government Business

By Daniel Greenfield

We are all shareholders of the corporation of government. A corporation whose board and CEO we can vote for, but the corporation also has a variety of undemocratic governing mechanisms that make those votes much less meaningful. And the biggest problem is that many of the shareholders are part of blocs that make money from the current unsustainable practices of the corporation and vote in bad boards that rob us blind so they can make more money.

Israel / News Briefs / Health and Living / SciTech

$1 Million Israeli BRAIN Prize To Be Awarded in 2013

By Malkah Fleisher

A $1 million dollar prize has been announced which will go to the individual or team with the highest potential for helping people around the world by the non-profit organization Israel Brain Technologies.

Halacha & Hashkafa

All In The Mind

By Rabbi Meir Orlian

It was Yom Kippur eve. The shul began filling rapidly as the time approached for Kol Nidrei. Herzl Machlis sat in his seat, cloaked in his tallis and kittel, quietly reciting Tefillah Zakkah, composed by the Chayei Adam 150 years ago.

Israel / Global / News Briefs

Israeli Companies Just Can't Make It in the Japanese Market

By Jacob Edelist

Israel and Japan are celebrating sixty years of diplomatic relations, and so, a week ago, the Israel-Japan Chamber of Commerce marked the occasion with a festive event. But the current commercial ties between the two countries gives less cause for celebration. Israeli businesses find it difficult to understand the Japanese market and Japanese companies are not in a hurry to reach Israel.

Halacha & Hashkafa

Missing Payment

By Rabbi Meir Orlian

Dr. Oren had a small psychology practice and rented office space from his colleague, Dr. Wieder, on Thursday afternoons. The rent amounted to $500 for the month. Since the two usually did not see each other, the arrangement was that Dr. Oren would leave the rent money in the top drawer of the desk.

Politics

The Tischler Brothers Tout Their Commitments To Public Service

By Yafit Fishbach

Avraham and Moshe Tischler, 20-somethings brothers and ambitious political neophytes, recently met with The Jewish Press editorial board to discuss their current political plans and future prospects.

Halacha & Hashkafa

Never Borrowed!

By Rabbi Meir Orlian

Mr. Morris was home one evening, when an acquaintance, Mr. Roth, knocked at his door. "May I have a word with you?" Mr. Roth asked. "Certainly, come in," Mr. Morris said, welcoming him into the living room. "Perhaps you've forgotten," Mr. Roth began, "but last year I lent you $500, which you never repaid." Mr. Morris scratched his head and thought for a moment. "I never borrowed from you," he replied.

Rebbetzin's Viewpoint

More On Family Breakdowns

By Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis

For the past several weeks this column has featured letters from parents who have experienced rejection and hatred from their children – as well as my suggestions on how to cope with such situations. This week I would like to share a letter that adds another dimension to the breakdown of so many families in our community. In this instance it’s not the children who have rejected the parents but a parent who has rejected her child.

Goldstein on Gelt

How Peer Pressure Could Help Your Investments

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

While generally peer pressure is viewed as a negative trait, emulating successful people may help increase your own chances of success.

J.E. Dyer

Overregulation: The Problem We Can’t Outproduce

By J. E. Dyer

Prosperity has met its match. Regulation will kill prosperity by stealth unless we the people wake up to what’s going on. We are wildly, insanely overregulated today, and if we don’t attack the idea of the regulatory state on those terms – on the premise that regulation itself is mostly a bad thing, and we need far less of it than we have – then we will never recover.

Halacha & Hashkafa

Profitable Ticket

By Rabbi Meir Orlian

Excitement was in the air as the 12th Siyum HaShas of the Daf Yomi cycle approached. Mendy, who had joined the Daf seven and-a-half years earlier, eagerly anticipated taking part in this major event at MetLife Stadium along with 93,000 other participants.

Op-Eds

Jew Vs. Jew

By Daniel Retter

The Beis HaMikdash was destroyed due to sinas chinam, baseless hatred. With the Three Weeks and Tisha B’Av now behind us, have we learned anything from this national tragedy, or is history repeating itself?

Sultan Knish

Good News From Russia

By Daniel Greenfield

Russia's government mafia isn't cutting back, it's redoubling its aggressiveness. With less money coming in, it's relying more and more on wholesale confiscation. Confiscation was how the regime built up its original fortune, but the problem is that it's eating up the business ecosystem and running out of money to confiscate. Every 6th businessman in Russia has been prosecuted in the last decade. Three million have been sentenced in that time.

Goldstein on Gelt

What a Fast Food Franchise Can Teach You About Managing Your Own Money

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

The best-selling book The E-Myth examines the success of McDonalds and what we can learn from it.

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Entrepreneur David Schottenstein, Jewish Courage in Business and Israel

By Yocheved Seidman

David Schottenstein is a member of the famous Ohio Schottenstein Talmud family but he has earned his own fame as a brilliant dynamic businessman who for three years running was one of “America’s Coolest Young Entrepreneurs” on the 30 Under 30 list of Inc. Magazine.  During his current visit to Israel he sat down with Yishai […]

Halacha & Hashkafa

Summer Weekend

By Rabbi Meir Orlian

Mr. Blank worked through the summer, so his family stayed in the city. "It would be nice to get away to the country for a weekend," his wife suggested.

News Briefs

Milton Gralla, 84, Philanthropist and Publisher

By JTA

Milton Gralla, a Jewish philanthropist and longtime publisher of business magazines, died in Boca Raton, Fla., on July 11. He was 84. As an active philanthropist for Jewish causes, Gralla and his wife, Shirley, helped support a number of initiatives at Brandeis University, including the Gralla Fellows Program for journalists, the Genesis program for high […]

Tales of the Gaonim

The Evil Inclination

By Rabbi Sholom Klass

Rav Tzvi Hirsh Levin, the rav of Berlin, was an extremely clever and sharp individual and possessed a remarkable sense of humor that he used well in his attempts to get across Torah views.

Halacha & Hashkafa

Just One Tile!

By Rabbi Meir Orlian

The Alperts needed some work done around their house. The contracted Mr. Fixler, a general handyman, to do the job. While working on one of the fixtures, Mr. Fixler accidentally knocked his drill off the ladder. It landed with a thud on the floor of the entranceway, cracking a tile.

NY / Politics / News Briefs

Nadler Pushes to Keep Families Seated Together on Commercial Flights

By Jewish Press Staff

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, introduced legislation to help keep families seated together on commercial flights. In response to ever-increasing fees and decreasing transparency among airline carriers, the Families Flying Together Act of 2012 would require the U.S. Department of Transportation to direct each carrier to […]

Rebbetzin's Viewpoint

Shopping For Priestly Garments

By Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis

I receive letters and e-mails every day from all parts of the world. Sadly, there is no shortage of problems. Pain and suffering abound. How to navigate the turbulent waters of the world we live in is a challenge for everyone.

Halacha & Hashkafa

Sealed Envelope

By Rabbi Meir Orlian

Mr. Meyers scurried around the wedding hall, making sure everything was properly in place; his son was getting married. "Could you please watch this envelope?" he asked his close friend, Mr. Koenig.

Serials

Freedom Is the Ownership of Time

By Itamar Frankenthal

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