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…>> ... Next Generation ... on the cover _earning From Ill Israeli Success Detroit entrepreneurs seek to emulate Israel's "Startup Nation." I I SS I ~ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 the Barron family generously committed funds to a yearly program that would "re- At 5 a.m. that morning, a cohort of the invent" how the local community organizes group arose to visit the Kotel, the Western theme-focused missions to Israel. Wall, where the sun would r...…
…Yeshiva University IN - Emr YOUR NAME HERE VALID DURING FRESHMAN FALL 2015 Tel Aviv Take -Aways PROPERTY OF YESHIVA UNIVERSITY D NO -TRANSFERABLE ADAM FINKEL SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS Above: Mission members Larry Freed, Jason Raznick, Renee Erlich, staff leader Julie Tepperman, mission co-chair Lisa Stern, Ryan Dembs and Jason Teshuba. Left: Benzinga CEO Jason Raznick, right, with the first employee of Waz, a GPS-based geogra...…
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