Mission

Join Building a Winning Business Culture in Israel on May 31st

Gvahim`s Alumni Committee is happy and honoured to invite you to participate in a networking event with Avinoam Nowogordsky, CEO of Clarizen.

For more information on Clarizen: www.clarizen.com

Open positions at Clarizen: http://www.clarizen.com/about-us/careers.html 

Join us in hearing Avinoam give his insight on how to build a winning business culture in Israel.

Number of places limited to 50.

When: Thursday, May 31th 2012 at 18:30

Where: Maze 9, Tel Aviv - Municipality Center for Young Adults, 4th floor 

Participation fee: 30 NIS
Only cash will be accepted at the event. Please come with the exact amount.

Program:

18.30-19.00  Registration & Networking
19.00 -20.30 Discussion - Q & A with Avinoam Nowogordsky  
20.30 - 21.30 Networking

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND THIS EVENT

To register: https://gvahim.org.il/KEvent.aspx?Event=154

 If you encounter a technical problem during registration, please register at alumni@gvahim4us.org.il

About Avinoam Nowogordsky
Avinoam Nowogrodski has brought over 20 years of experience in sales, engineering and business management to his role as CEO of Clarizen. Insight and expertise gained in those positions have been an essential ingredient in developing Clarizen`s vision of providing a collaborative project management platform to every business."
Prior to establishing Clarizen, Avinoam co-founded SmarTeam Corporation, a leading provider of collaborative product life cycle management (PLM) solutions. As CEO from 1995 – 2005, Avinoam`s leadership molded SmarTeam into a leading enterprise PLM solution which was sold and supported by IBM. In 1999 SmarTeam was acquired by Dassault Systemes (DS) and Avinoam served on the DS General Executive Management team for 6 years. At his departure from the company, SmarTeam had 3,500 customers across diverse industries and over 100,000 users worldwide.
Avinoam Nowogrodski holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering from Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Gvahim Tarbut: guided tour to the Israeli Museum in the Yitzhak Rabin Center - 25 May

Do you have the feeling that living in Israel and making history is really the same thing?

You will feel that way even more, after joining our next event!

Gvahim Tarbut is delighted to invite you

to a special guided tour of the

Israel Museum in the Yitzhak Rabin Center

The Rabin Center                                                     Yitzhak Rabin

 Friday the 25^th of May 2012

9:45am-12:30pm

Meeting point: entrance of the Yitzhak Rabin Center (upstairs)

8 Chaim Levanon Street in Ramat Aviv, between the Eretz Israel and Palmach Museums

See: http://www.rabincenter.org.il/Web/En/AbouttheCenter/ContuctUs/Default.aspx

Tickets for Gvahim members: 10 NIS (usual rate 40NIS each!)

We thank the management of the Rabin Center for subsidizing this visit.

The visit will be guided in English and/or in Hebrew, depending on the confirmations.

Please confirm attendance and preferred language

by Sunday 13 May to:

gvahimtarbut@gmail.com

RSVP mandatory

We look forward to an enriching walk through the history of the State of Israel,

along the life of one of the founders and makers of the State

The Gvahim Tarbut Team

New Internship Program at Gvahim!

Starting January, Gvahim will be opening a program for students and graduates who want to intern in Israel.

This will give them the opportunity to know the country from a professional point of view or to put out feelers before making Alyah. Gvahim Young Leaders has been recognized by Masa, the governmental organization. This partnership allows the participants to receive a monthly stipend and to participate to business and academic visits as well as meetings with professional leaders and to benefit from a weekly ulpan. The candidates will be selected on the basis of their profile, CV and, more particularly, their level of motivation. The length of the internship is 5 months and the first session will start in January.

Gvahim Pioneers in ``The Marker Week``, 17.11.2011

Gvahim Pioneers share their thoughts and feelings on the Israeli society and economy: http://www.themarker.com/markerweek/1.1568686

Please share your comments on the article (soon to be translated into English) at http://www.facebook.com/Gvahim?ref=nf.

From Left to Right on the picture: Gabriel Mouyal (Gvahim 11), Brad Hofman (Gvahim 11), Misha Nataf (Gvahim 12), Muriel Granat (Gvahim 10), Betty Hirshman (Gvahim 13), Ilanit Kleiman (Gvahim 9), Mickael Bensadoun (Director of Gvahim), Dr Joe Strauss (Gvahim 10), Anabelle Pimienta (Gvahim 2), Nelly Soussan (Gvahim 11), David Rivlin (Gvahim 11), Ruth Wouzana (Gvahim 13), Gil Margulis (Gvahim 9)

TheHive By Gvahim for Entrepreneurs Olim was launched!

TheHive by Gvahim Grand Opening event took place on Monday evening at Mazeh 9.

Thank you to Michael Golan, Founder of Golan Telecom after making Aliyah from France 5 years ago for being our guest lecturer, to the 15 Bees (the Entrepreneurs) and to all the guests.

Here is a link to an article this morning in the Jerusalem Post: http://www.jpost.com/Business/BusinessNews/Article.aspx?id=255022

On the photo in the article -from left to right, Audrey Chocron (co-director of TheHive by Gvahim), Michael Golan (Founder of Golan Telecom), Yair Shamir (Chairman of Gvahim), Cynthia Phitoussi (Co-Director of TheHive by Gvahim), Mickael Bensadoun (Executive Director of Gvahim). 

Here is also a link to short video showing you what happens at the Hive on a daily basis. We hope you enjoy it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7UN0h9S8YA&feature=youtu.be

The First Gvahim Young Leaders Group has arrived!

 Meet Olivia, Marine, Rudy, Jeremy, Esther, Nellie, Tehila and Carole, AKA Gvahim Young Leaders #1!

GYL #1 with Mickaël Bensadoun - Gvahim`s director & Joy Galam - Gvahim Young Leaders` Manager.

They all started the adventure in January and have very large set of skills and backgrounds :

• Olivia and Rudy are interning in MB-AM, a Hedge Fund based in Hertzliya. They both studied at Université Paris Dauphine, in Paris
• Nellie studies in a leading French Business School, and is now doing her internship at NICE Systems, the worldwide Leader of intent-based solutions, based in Raanana.
• Tehila who has studied Finance and Marketing interns in the Financial Sector of Rapaport, the First Global Diamond Quotation Company.
• Esther is a food engineer and interns at Galam`s food laboratory. Galam is the israeli Market Leader of Fructose, Glucose and Starch.
• Marine is doing her internship at the Economic Mission of the French Embassy.
• Jérémy - an ingineer from Telecom (known as a "Grande Ecole" ( French IVY League ) - is doing his internship at Yukon (Tel Aviv), a company which deals with Financial portals over the web.
• Carole has a Journalist Background and is still looking for an internship that fits her talents in this field.

 GYL #1 at Better Place

We are very proud that they chose Gvahim to experience the Professional Life in Israël ! 

Meet the 7 outstanding start-ups selected for the first Gvahim Pilot Accelerator!

On July 28th, for the first time, our Selection Committee, that consisted of Moshe Mor, Eran Goren, Yuval Mor and Rina Pridor has screened 7 teams of entrepreneurs Olim.

These international teams will receive a unique 6 months program designed to boost their ventures and bring the next BIG ideas to life!

We had our first picnic event on July 18th at Park Hayarkon for a first gathering. It was a fun event and we could already feel the great vibe of this new community!

Have a look at the photos on our new Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gvahim-Entrepreneurs-New-Page/219560161416666.

Like our page to join our online entrepreneurs community, get the latest news about Entrepreneurship in Israel and be invited to our next entrepreneurs’ events !

Gvahim in the Marker Week (26.08.11)

In the midst of the Israeli Social Protest, Hilla Weisberg, Career Journalist at The Marker, believes Highly Skilled Olim are leaving Israel because the country`s cost of living is too high in comparison with the salaries they earn.

Gvahim answers

1) Only 10% of the 430 Gvahim Alumni left Israel back to their home country. 90% are actively contributing to the Israeli economy and society.  

2) Highly Skilled Olim make Aliyah mostly for ideological reasons.

3) Gvahim and the Israeli government should do everything to make sure Highly Skilled Olim work in their field of expertise, realize their professional potential as employees or entrepreneurs and contribute their talents and high motivation to Israel. Together, we must turn this historic Aliyah into an effective Brain Gain and Zionist Gain for Israel! 

4) Gvahim`s model proves this is possible. We need to expand it and find philanthropic and public resource now to make it available to all the Highly Skilled Olim.  

To read the entire article, please click here 

Please share your opinion on the topic at: http://www.facebook.com/Gvahim?ref=nf 
 

Gvahim in the Marker Week (30.12.10)

To read the entire article, please click here 

To read the Gvahim part, please click here

Congratulations to Rina Barbut (Gvahim 6) and David Harroch (Gvahim 10)!

Rina is currently looking for a position in business development in the high-tech sector: 

To consult Rina's CV, please click here
rina_barbut@yahoo.com

David is currently looking for a position in real estate or investment banking:

To consult David's CV, please click here
david.harroch@gmail.com

Watch the Gvahim Video on YNET and share your comments

To see the video and comment the article/video:

English Version http://www.ynet.co.il/english/articles/0,7340,L-4046618,00.html

Hebrew Version http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4043376,00.html

Highly Qualified Olim from Western countries choose to make Aliyah to strenghten Israel and bring their expertise to Israel. They come with degrees in Public Affairs from the best Universities in the world, with an expertise in Public Policy and International Relations, and a pioneering spirit.

If they get opportunities or create opportunities, they will work hard to improve Israel`s image in the world and contribute to improving Israel public policies.  

Please share the video with your friends.

Gvahim on Channel 2 News - 29.06.10

Gvahim on Aroutz 1 - 01.09.10 and 02.09.10

Following the launching of Gvahim new center in Tel Aviv, Israel Channel 1 "Aroutz 1" broadcast 2 items on Gvahim action for highly qualified olim:

1. Interview of Gvahim Executive Director, Mickael Bensadoun on 01.09.10

To see the item, go to the following link, click on "Madad Yomi" - 01.09.10 and then browse until you get 20 minutes and 43 seconds from the beginning of the news:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lE2gCSFFoU


2. Item on Channel 1 Mabat News on 02.09.10

To see the news item, go to the following link, click on Mabat 02.09.10 and then browse until you get 30 minutes and 17 seconds from the beginning of the news:  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht76G6atGJc

To see more picture of the Gvahim Center on 30.08.10, please click here.  

President Shimon Peres at Gvahim - 05.11.09

President Shimon Peres thanks highly qualified olim at Gvahim Event on 05.11.09.

View videos of the event: English version, French version

View photos from the event: Album No.1 Album No.2 Album No.3