Shahar Ilan / CTech
ARTICLES BY: Shahar Ilan / CTech

Integration of Ultra-Orthodox Jews and Arabs in the High-Tech Industry Is Proceeding Too Slowly: Report
CTech – The number of young ultra-Orthodox Jews and Arabs in high-tech has grown significantly in the last 15 years and has reached 11,000, which is...

Technion Researchers Call on Israel to Speed Up 5G Deployment
CTech - A senior team of researchers from the Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology has published...

Cancellation of Birthright-Taglit, Masa Heritage Trips to Cost Israeli Economy $200 Million
CTech - Due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis, Israel is expected to lose two-thirds of the $300 million annual income brought in by its heritage...

Israeli Academic Institutions Quickly Adjusted to Remote Learning and There Is No Turning Back
CTech - One thing is clear to all academic institutions in Israel: campuses will never be the same following the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis. This global experiment...

96,000 Israelis Registered for Unemployment in Just 14 Hours
CTech - Since coronavirus (Covid-19) hit Israel’s economy at the beginning of March, 330,000 Israelis registered for unemployment, 13-times the number of people who registered...

A Quarter of Israelis Are Poor, Report Says
CTech - Over the past 12 months, Israel has seen an increase in nutritional insecurity and hunger, according to a report published Monday by Latet,...

In Israel, Arab Voters Vote Less, Data Shows
CTech - The electoral power and voting trends of the Arab minority in Israel have changed dramatically in the past three decades. Representing 20 percent...

Israel Launches a Tech Integration Program for Haredi Students
CTech - Israel’s Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, and Social Services is setting up a new program to help ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Jewish students find jobs...

Exclusion of Haredi Jews From Workforce Could Cost Israeli Market Over $100 Billion a Year, Official Says
CTech - If the employment rate of ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Jewish men remains at a standstill, it will cost the Israeli market more than $100 billion...

Israel’s Brain Drain Is Getting Worse, Says New Report
CTech - Israel’s brain drain problem is getting worse, according to a new study published Thursday by Dan Ben-David of the Shoresh Institute for Socioeconomic Research. The...