Finance

Your Investments: Lessons from Tisha B'Av on reflecting for a better future

Every setback contains the potential for growth if we are willing to learn from it. Sometimes you need to destroy in order to build.

Circa 700 BC, Isaiah, Jeremiah and Esekiel, three prophets of the Old Testament.
New Israeli Shekel bills are seen in front of an upwards-trending graph (illustration)

Your Taxes: Could taxes unlock Israel's constitutional future?

Banknotes in an ATM

NIS 260 million on the way to hundreds of thousands of employees

Apartment prices continue to fall.

CBS: Apartment prices in sharp decline, rent skyrockets


"Taylor Swift tax" takes effect

Rhode Island's new real estate law targeted billionaires and wealthy non-residents, and will cost the pop star an additional $136,000 a year.

Taylor Swift

Next Israeli gov't main issue will be controlling defense budget, Bank Hapoalim CEO told conference

Yadin Antebi told EY’s annual real estate conference that Israel’s defense budget would heavily shape the public’s standard of living in the coming years.

Bank Hapoalim CEO Yadin Antebi at EY's annual real estate conference

Trump reports over $1.4 billion in income from crypto ventures

Reuters recently estimated the Trump family has made at least $2.3 billion from crypto-related projects since Trump returned to the White House in 2025.

A banner of US President Donald Trump is seen on the side of the US Department of Labor headquarters building in Washington, DC on June 29, 2026.

Smotrich launches NIS 1.6 billion aid plan for high-tech and exporters

The Ministry of Finance will inject NIS 1 billion to save startups from closing, and will distribute hundreds of millions more to industrial plants.

The Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich

10 mistakes that cost you thousands of shekels a year

A practical guide for those who are tired of financial naivety and want to regain control of their bank account.

10 mistakes that cost you thousands of shekels a year

The cost of Jewish life is pushing families into debt - opinion

The Jewish community needs to have an honest, nationwide conversation about whether Jewish life is worth the cost and how we can fix this issue.

 Several haredim (ultra-Orthodox Jews) are seen walking around Jerusalem's Geula neighborhood.

Lebanon will offer 'golden visa' for six-figure investors, amid economic crisis

In addition to the half a million dollars injected into the Lebanese economy, the process would also require prospective visa recipients to pay a $50,000 fee to the government.

(From R) LEBANESE PRESIDENT Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, and cabinet members attend a session on the army’s plan to disarm Hezbollah, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, Sept. 5, 2025.

Your Taxes: Two permanent homes and a double life? Problematic

The case mainly concerns a husband who was born in Israel in 1948, traveled to England in 1985, and to Nigeria in 1993, where he set up successful agricultural and chicken-breeding companies.

Housing Prices.

Your Investments: How you can have a financially responsible summer vacation

Erma Bombeck said, "Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work 13 times an hour, she can hurt you."

Family vacation with the kids, illustration.

Israelis are returning to shopping malls – and the reason is much simpler than you thought

Despite the comfortable prices on international websites, many Israelis are reluctant to shop online. A new survey explains why. And also – how much do they spend on shopping?

Shopping at the mall