There are almost thirteen-thousand photo apps on iTunes and Google-Play, however if you look closely out of the top-ten almost all of them originated from Israel. So how come Israeli’s have captured that throne too… have Israeli’s become the new Japanese or is it just a technological thing. We went to find out with some of the developers of those …
Read More »Ron Jacobsohn examines his Jewish Roots at the MyHeritage.Com Headquarters
Ron Jacobsohn examines his Jewish Roots at the MyHeritage.Com Headquarters Jewish genealogy website My Heritage was just voted Best Likely to Succeed startup by financial newspaper, Globes. So we ventured out to Yahud where the global headquarters of the website are located to find out what makes it such a big success story. And as more and more Jews around the …
Read More »Ron Jacobsohn Attends the 1st International Ladino Day
Ladino, which is also known as the Yiddish of the Sephardic Jews, has been spoken as far back as the middle ages. Although it has been recognized as a minority official language in modern day Israel, it is on the brink of extinction. The Ladino Council in Israel is attempting to make the language cool and relevant again. Today we …
Read More »Ron Jacobsohn Joins the JNF’s The Harvest and Seeds Program for Africa
The JNF/KKL has started a new initiative with catholic farmers from South Africa entitled “The Harvest and Seeds Program”. A second mission has just arrived in Israel and we caught up with them as they toured the Sataf agriculture area. It’s no big secret that Israel is not a popular issue in South Africa, however collaborations like these help change the …
Read More »Ron Jacobsohn Visits The Award Winning Alexander Brewery
Ron Jacobsohn Visits The Award Winning Alexander Brewery The famous Frank Zappa once said that: “in order to be considered a real country you at least need a local beer and an airline”. In the last few years, Israelis have been working hard to make a name for themselves in the craft beer business and with the Alexander brewery winning …
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