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Michael Eisenberg

Michael Eisenberg is Co-Founder and General Partner at Aleph, an early stage venture capital fund with over $500 million under management. He has been a venture capitalist for 25 years. Aleph focuses on partnering with great Israeli entrepreneurs to build large, meaningful companies and impactful global brands. Since its founding in 2013, Aleph has invested in more than 40 companies, including Melio, Lemonade (NYSE: LMND), Bringg, JoyTunes, and Healthy.io. Since 2006, Michael has been writing the blog Six Kids and a Full Time Job, on topics ranging from politics to technology to Judaism to macroeconomics. He is a contributor to Calcalist and TheMarker, Israel’s Hebrew-language daily business newspapers, and is the author of the “The Hummus Manifesto,” the seminal piece on Israel’s innovation scene. Michael has also published five books in Hebrew. He lectures frequently on venture capital, Israel, and entrepreneurship. He serves on the board of the nonprofit organization Yeshivat Har Etzion and is the chairman of The Shomer Hachadash. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife and eight children.
Airplane on a Map

Time for aliyah: A Letter to Israelis abroad and  our brethren, the Jews of the diaspora - opinion

Do not stand and watch from the side while the winds of history summon you. Join the Israeli optimism and resilience. Our people are good, strong, and creative. Please come.

JUNE 24, 2025
JOEY GUEDALIA wears a T-shirt emblazoned with ‘Protect this home’ as he poses with the family, including Oma Els, center

Meet the grandmother whose sukkah and kindness were for all - opinion

The second-to-last sukkah in our Oma’s life was suffused with the timeless tradition and vitality that define the Jewish family.

DECEMBER 30, 2023
Real Estate

The relationship between hi-tech and real-estate - opinion

Journalists and other critics have blamed hi-tech’s high wages and exits for the increase in the price of real estate in Israel. So, what’s the truth, and where’s the problem?

AUGUST 1, 2021

Purim: Jews have found their diaspora selves in the holiday tale

'Esther in America' faithfully tracks the fascination of individuals and some groups with the characters and stories of the biblical book as well as the arc of America.

FEBRUARY 18, 2021
GIRL OR penguin? in costume on an overpass on Purim in South Williamsburg, New York, 2014.

Why EVERYONE should Fast Tisha B’av…Really

Tisha B’av should cause us to examine our national decision making, leadership, our tolerance of others and other’s opinions.

AUGUST 14, 2016
Worshippers sit on the ground on Tisha Be’av at the Western Wall, as a sign of mourning, in commemoration of the destruction of the Temple

JPost Holy Land: Finding the synagogue of Sussita

The Zinman Institute of Archaeology's search-and-dig mission discovers early 7th century church.

DECEMBER 17, 2014
Hippos mountain