Max Schindler

Max Schindler is the former Jerusalem Post business reporter, who had focused on start-ups, energy, economics and hi-tech. He previously reported for Ha'aretz, i24NEWS, The Christian Science Monitor and +972 Magazine. Max graduated from Brown University with a degree in Middle East Studies and Arabic.

TRANSPORTATION MINISTER Israel Katz and Rona Ramon cut the ribbon to inaugurate Eilat’s new airport.

First flight lands at Ramon Airport as Eilat seeks to grab more tourists

Israeli scientists participate in an experiment simulating a mission to Mars, at the D-MARS Desert Mars Analog Ramon Station project of Israel's Space Agency, Ministry of Science, near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel

With more funding, Israeli-US science research grows closer

Karnit Flug

Bank of Israel head won’t seek a second term


How is the Start-Up Nation threatened – and what can be done?

Without more highly trained hi-tech employees, Israel will not be able to maintain its competitive edge.

A cityscape of Tel Aviv

Israeli technology to the rescue for cave-trapped Thai boys

Rescuers are racing against the weather, as monsoon season threatens to raise water levels.

Boys trapped inside Tham Luang cave greet members of the Thai rescue team, in this still image taken from a July 3, 2018 video by Thai Navy Seal

U.S. hedge fund giant considering to buy Israeli utility Bezeq

“It’s a new and serious player – the largest actor yet – to make a bid for Bezeq,” said the market source.

The logo of Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd, the country's largest telecom group, is seen outside their headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel June 21, 2017.

Israeli start-up changing the way how we sell virtual reality

VDroom allows you to present a full panoramic, 360-degree view – and upload those tools on Google Images, to your Facebook page, or any other website.

VDroom, an Israeli startup, is launching a tech platform to provide virtual reality viewing for hotels, rental apartments like Airbnb, airlines and resorts

Israel Post to be privatized. But what about the periphery?

Some 40% of the embattled Israel Post will be sold, in two stages.

An emphasis on making a profit could undermine the breadth and depth of Israel's postal service – jeopardizing delivery to towns in the geographic periphery [Illustrative]

Israel declares war on PA funding for terrorist kin after Knesset bill

The PA routinely provides monthly stipends to terrorists and their next-of-kin – akin to familial welfare payments – often in cases when the primary breadwinner is incarcerated or killed.

Money seized by the police and Shin Bet from a terrorist's family in east Jerusalem

Israel gets Twitter to block terror accounts

The Twitter accounts can still be accessed outside of Israel.

SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT Twitter

In sign of booming economy, almost half of Israelis going abroad

A record number of Israelis traveled or vacationed abroad in the last year, signs of a booming economy and the increasing number of low-cost airlines servicing the market.

An El Al plane in Ben Gurion Airport

Israeli medical marijuana grower to shift to the EU amid red tape

If the bureaucratic morass continues, other Israeli firms could also relocate their operations abroad.

Marijuana plants

Goodbye Israeli public pensions, hello U.S. private retirements savings?

The crux of the problem is that longer life expectancies and much lower birthrates are putting a toll on pension systems throughout the aging Western world.

Senior Israelis chat and warm up before a running session as they take part in games for people over 65 years old.