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"Judaism has a place to use technology as a world reformer": European rabbis held a hi-tech conference in Malta Israel today

2022-11-24T16:55:56.459Z


An unusual conference took place this week in Malta, south of Italy, where rabbis gathered to promote cooperation in the field of technology and high-tech. This is an initiative of the Conference of European Rabbis, which is intended to strengthen cooperation with the Jewish people all over the world, and with the State of Israel in particular. As part of the conference, awards were given to star


An unusual conference took place this week in Malta, south of Italy, where rabbis gathered to promote cooperation in the field of technology and high-tech.

This is an initiative of the Conference of European Rabbis, which is intended to strengthen cooperation with the Jewish people all over the world, and with the State of Israel in particular.

As part of the conference, awards were given to startup companies, as part of a competition held every year, each time in a different European country.

This is a prestigious program, which is accessed by more than 1,000 start-up companies every year.

First place this year was won by a young woman from Chile who founded a company in Norway that specializes in tracking donation funds to their final destination, in order to make sure that all the money reaches its destination.

"Billions of dollars are lost every year on the way to their destination, and are taken by unknown parties. This is an amount that can eradicate hunger in the entire world," she explained.

As part of the cooperation with Israel, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs will finance a week-long tour of Israel for the winners of the competition where they will be exposed to the high-tech world in Israel.

"A new partnership between the Jewish community, Israel and Malta".

The conference in Europe, photo: Eli Atkin

"We want to create a new partnership between the Jewish community, Israel and Malta," says Adrian Seld, one of the senior officials of Mimcol, the umbrella organization of the country's government companies.

"There are quite a few things we can learn from Israel and they from us. We have a lot in common - we are small countries that have to face many challenges. Never, throughout history, have we had any problems with Israel and the Jewish community, and now we want to get to know each other. Our two countries do not have many natural resources, and what is left is our brains. Both we and you have technologies, we are on the same wavelength, and we need to deepen the relationship between us."

Malta's Minister of Economy, Silvo Sachembri, also clarified that this is an important task and expressed his joy that it is rabbis who bridge the gaps between Malta, a Catholic country, and the Jewish state.

"We hope for close cooperation. I am a big believer in economic diplomacy, and it is possible to sit down and think about cooperation and engage in various issues in an open manner, to trust each other," he told Israel Hayom.

According to him, "We always talk about peace and believe that when there is peace there is more prosperity for all countries. We maintain ourselves as a neutral country, and this allows us to sit down with each country and deal with the various issues. I believe that we will not only benefit from the new collaborations - but that this will bring more collaborations ".

Hostess of the conference.

Malta, photo: GettyImages

The third place was won by the Israeli company "Fletora", which these days is really revolutionizing the field of education in Israel.

A few years ago, Dr. Rami Merali from the Weizmann Institute and Efi Baruch established a gaming platform through which hundreds of thousands of children in schools in Israel are trained in academic thinking. "They learn the great principles through play," explains Efi. "Take for example making toast at home.

It is an algorithm that every child knows how to do, simplify a process and interpret it, but even though he knows how to do it, he does not understand what he is doing.

Through playful learning we enable learning and making mistakes.

Unlike a test, you are allowed to make mistakes, it is even more legitimate, and this way you understand how to carry out processes." So far, more than 300,000 students in Israel have experienced the platform, in which the Weizmann Institute and MoTH are also partners.

At the Conference of European Rabbis, they explain that the focus on young start-up companies and applications that are not necessarily related to Judaism at all, is not accidental.

"Any significant medium can be used for good or bad, and many of the new technologies provide us with new ethical challenges," says the chairman of the Conference of Rabbis of Europe, Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt. "We see technology changing the world, and we have to learn to live in it.

Therefore, Judaism also has a place to provide its emphases and principles as a way of tikkun olam."

Gadi Gronich, CEO of the Conference of Rabbis of Europe, works hard to realize this ambition. "We want to create a better world.

to support young entrepreneurs.

The identity and background of the candidate does not interest us, but what he does and what he produces.

Some of the winners of the competition in the past have already managed to make a global change.

We have a winner who developed technology to help criminals, another helps parents get quick information from their children if someone wants to hurt her.

In our eyes, it is part of our responsibility to make accessible and assist people who have developed technology to make it accessible to the world."

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Source: israelhayom

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