Israeli startup Workey is opening an office in New York, following a new fundraising round of $8 million, led by Jerusalem’s PICO Partners and Magma VC. Workey uses artificial intelligence to help millennials find a career. The company’s software compares users’ skills and employment history with “millions of career paths”...

Previously unseen Hebrew writing from the First Temple-era that reaffirms a historical Jewish connection to Israel has been discovered on pottery from almost 3,000 years ago, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. The ink-on-clay piece of pottery, called an ostracon, was originally discovered in the 1960s in the city of...

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback on Friday signed a bill barring state agencies from contracting with entities that boycott Israel. The bill, HB 2409, passed the Kansas senate last Wednesday by a vote of 39 to 3, then passed the state’s House hours later by a vote of 99 to 13....

Iran’s Road to Damascus It was reported earlier this week that Iran is on its way to securing a land bridge to the Mediterranean. Iran-backed forces in Iraq approached the border with Syria at the end of last month. Last Friday, Iran-backed forces and forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad reached the Syrian...

A group of eighteen pro football Hall of Famers are visiting Israel on a trip led by Patriots owner Robert Kraft. The week-long tour, called “Touchdown in Israel II: We Are All Patriots,” began Thursday and includes former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana, former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach, and...

The IDF has completed a large scale three-day training exercise in Cyprus. Described by military officials as “unprecedented,” the exercise was the largest of its kind ever held. In total, approximately 500 Israeli army commandos and 200 Israel Air Force personnel were involved. The exercise was intended to simulate the...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with his Greek and Cypriot counterparts to discuss speeding up construction of a gas pipeline from the eastern Mediterranean to Europe, The Jerusalem Post reported Friday. The summit with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades took place in the Greek...

Two hundred and twenty Jews, Muslims, Christians, and Druze, including male and female religious leaders and community members from each of these faiths, came to the Galilee village of Ilut on June 8 to share a Multi-Faith Ramadan Iftar Dinner for Peace. The dinner has been held annually for more...

Gaza’s sole power plant shut down on Sunday for lack of funds, leaving the nearly 2 million residents of the Strip with only four hours of electricity per day. The manufactured crisis is just another example of how “Hamas remains the same cynical organization that exploits the distress of Gaza’s...

A bipartisan bill imposing new sanctions on Iran for its ballistic missile program and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps overwhelmingly passed the Senate by a margin of 98-2 on Thursday. The bill, which passed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last month by a vote of 18 to 3, imposed “new measures...