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Israeli Tech Sector Annual Deals, Listings Jump to $59 Billion, PwC Says
Yoni Assia, CEO of eToro, speaks before ringing the opening bell to celebrate the company’s IPO on Nasdaq, in New York City, US, May 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Appetite for Israeli technology innovation has remained undiminished this year, with a surge in acquisitions and IPOs led by Alphabet’s $32 billion purchase of Israeli cybersecurity company Wiz, PwC Israel said on Monday. The consultancy said…
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China Urges Gulf Nations to Seal Free Trade Agreement
Flags of China and Saudi Arabia are seen in this picture, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 7, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammed Benmansour China‘s foreign minister has pressed the Gulf Cooperation Council to conclude long-running talks on a free trade agreement with China, attributing the urgency to rising protectionism and unilateralism as free trade comes “under attack,” according to a Monday statement from the ministry. Chinese Foreign…
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‘It Was Dead People Everywhere’: Inside Australia’s Hanukkah Massacre
People pay respects at Bondi Pavilion to victims of a shooting during a Jewish holiday celebration at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Hollie Adams Among the thousands of people who flocked to Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach on Sunday evening, some were seeking relief from the steamy weather while others joined a…
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Australia’s Jewish community is defined by Holocaust survivors, Yiddishkeit, and immigrants
An attack on a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Sunday killed 15 people and left Jewish communities reeling worldwide. The violence has also drawn attention to the resilience of Australia’s distinctive Jewish community, shaped by the world’s largest concentration of Holocaust survivors outside Israel, a growing Yiddish revival scene, and a large…
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Australia welcomed my family’s Holocaust survivors — and Bondi Beach soon became a symbol of renewal for me
Like so many Jewish Americans whose families immigrated prior to World War II, I grew up believing that none of my family had survived the Holocaust. When I would ask my older relatives, they would shrug. Only my grandfather shared anything about our relatives: He remembered how his parents would receive letters from Lithuania in…
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Sydney Opera House lit by giant menorah as vigils for Bondi Beach victims take place across Australia
(JTA) — The Sydney Opera House was illuminated by a large menorah Monday night, a solemn tribute to the 15 lives lost the previous day in an antisemitic terror attack that rocked Australia’s Jewish community. The projected menorah, displayed on the iconic opera house’s largest sail, was called for by the premier of New South…
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Iranian Nobel Laureate Hospitalized Twice After ‘Violent Arrest,’ Say Family
An empty space showing that Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was not present during the award ceremony at Oslo City Hall, Norway, Dec. 10, 2023. Photo: NTB/Javad Parsa via REUTERS Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was taken to the hospital emergency room twice after suffering blows from security forces who arrested her on Dec. 12, her family told…
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‘Hero’ Who Disarmed Bondi Gunman Recovers in Hospital as Donations Pour In
New South Wales Premier Chris Minns visits Ahmed al Ahmed, who was identified on social media as the bystander who hid behind parked cars and seized a rifle from one of the gunmen during the deadly shooting at Bondi Beach, at a hospital in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 15, 2025, in this picture obtained from social…
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Western Cities Boost Hanukkah Security After Antisemitic Massacre in Australia
Police officers gather at the scene of a shooting incident targeting Jews celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia, Dec. 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Izhar Khan Major cities across the Western world are buttressing security around synagogues and Hanukkah events following an antisemitic massacre at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia over the weekend which claimed the…
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Columbia professor Mahmood Mamdani, father of NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, criticizes university over antisemitism and protests
Mahmood Mamdani, a longtime Columbia University professor and father of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, sharply criticized the school’s leadership and its creation of a task force to address allegations of antisemitism in a recent interview with progressive writer Peter Beinart. Students who hold pro-Palestinian views are “terrified” and “terrorized,” Mamdani said in a…
