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St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Yoel Carasso, chairman of Carasso Motors and Prof. Marcelle Machluf, dean of the Technion Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering. Photo by Rami Sheloush/Technion Spokesperson’s Office

Israelis are masters of food innovation. Here’s why

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c.orgPublished November 22, 2021

What is the recipe for meat and dairy without cows? Snacks and sauces with less sugar and salt? Long-lasting fresh produce and compostable food wrappers? A fast-growing, climate-threatened world is hungry for such recipes. Appropriately enough, the...

“Chutzpah: Why Israel is a Hub of Innovation and Entrepreneurship” by Inbal Arieli, 272 pages, HarperBusiness, $29.99. Author photo: Micha Loubaton

Book offers insights into Israel’s rise as hub of entrepreneurship

BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief EmeritusPublished August 15, 2019

Among the nations of the world, the State of Israel, which turned 71 on May 14 (the fifth of Iyar), is both a relative newcomer and the successor to Jewish self-rule that goes back over 4,000 years. In 1948, when David Ben-Gurion was serving as the first prime...

Ori Ben Herzel (left), David Neuman and Guy Weitzman have moved to St. Louis in recent years with Israeli start-ups that opened offices here. They met Nov. 17 at the Clayton offices of BioSTL, a nonprofit organization that focuses on Israeli start-ups and helped bring their companies here. Photo: Eric Berger

Israeli startups set down roots in St. Louis

BY ERIC BERGER, STAFF WRITERPublished November 29, 2017

Guy Weitzman, CEO of Atomation, a startup that uses “smart technology” to connect physical items to the internet, became interested in opening an office in St. Louis more than a year ago. The Israeli native said he saw the good infrastructure that...

Israeli startup opens office in St. Louis

BY ERIC BERGER, STAFF WRITERPublished February 1, 2017

A fifth Israeli company connected to a local nonprofit plans to open an office in St. Louis.Atomation, a Tel Aviv-based startup, has developed a platform to connect physical items, like an automobile or medical device, with software. The goal is the “seamless...

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