Over the next few months, a group of professionals from seven local Jewish organizations will be learning about some of the business concepts that spur growth in Silicon Valley tech companies — such as “design thinking” and “adaptive leadership” — and using them to solve problems their own institutions face. Run by UpStart, the San Francisco-based…
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Tesla to launch operations in Israel
The electric car maker Tesla is set to launch Israeli operations in January. Tesla will be the first car manufacturer to sell its vehicles in Israel…
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App lets people give to favorite causes by lifting just one finger
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The tweets of Twitter vs. the chirps of Torah
Twitter is a mosaic of madness. — Ad in BART station A lot of “sound” comes out of Twitter. From social justice advocates to teenagers to professional…
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WhatsApp sues Israeli surveillance company for stealing users’ information
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Bay Area firms’ investments in Israel top $1 billion
Bay Area-based firms contributed a cumulative $1.4 billion to Israeli companies last year and have nearly matched that sum already in 2019, according to a…
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Marc Benioff, philanthropic gadfly
In 1996, Marc Benioff was in southern India, taking a much-needed sabbatical from his high-stress, lucrative job at Oracle, when he was offered a kernel…
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Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg pledges $2.5 million to ADL
Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg pledged this week to donate $2.5 million to the Anti-Defamation League. The money is earmarked for anti-hate programs…
Religion
What we can learn from the Lubavitcher Rebbe about climate change
With refineries ablaze in Saudi Arabia, you might be forgiven if you forget that in the Amazon and Indonesia, forests are ablaze as well. Yet these two…