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Israel is sometimes known as the "start-up nation," because of its technological innovation. Twenty-five Jewish young adults, accompanied by technology entrepreneurs and chief technology officers as mentors, recently experienced the Israeli tech scene firsthand, when they took part in Taglit-Birthright Israel's 12-day Taglit Tech Challenge.
The challenge, which ran from Dec. 23 to Jan. 3, gave the participants, who hailed from the U.S., Argentina and France, the opportunity to explore Israel's technology industry, meet with industry experts and entrepreneurs, witness cooperation between research and development, and show off their programming and development skills in software competitions, specifically a 36-hour civics programming competition known as a "hackathon."
The 12-day trip was the first of its kind and was part of the Israel Tech Challenge project, an Israel-based cooperative effort between The Jewish Agency for Israel, the Israel government and Taglit-Birthright Israel. The project serves as a way to help young Jews grow as professionals in the computer science industry by connecting them with Israeli...