Beresheet

'When I grow up, I want to be like you': remembering Morris Kahn's most productive years - opinion

Founder of the Genesis Prize Stan Polovets on why your seventies and eighties – and even nineties – can be your most impactful years.

FOUNDER OF the Genesis Prize Stan Polovets, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, and Morris Kahn in 2019.
Morris Kahn attends a ceremony at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, May 6, 2019

Morris Kahn, Jewish billionaire owner of Amdocs and SpaceIL founder, dead at 96

Beresheet takes a selfie minutes before touching down on the moon

Italy to collaborate with SpaceIL on Beresheet 2 moonshot

 David, Laura, and Jonathan Mirage and the management of SpaceIL

Jonathan Merage joins donors for the Beresheet2 Moon mission


Beresheet’s launch proves media is not inherently biased against Israel

Israelis and Jews around the world often charge that international media in general display a deep-seated anti-Israel bias in their coverage.

ISRAEL HOPES the Beresheet project will showcase the country’s achievements

Israel to the moon!

The Beresheet spacecraft blasts off toward a brighter future.

The control room at Israel Aerospace Industries headquarters

Beresheet shuttle completes another maneuver on way to moon

“The maneuver was executed as expected,” Ido Anteby, CEO of SpaceIL, said. “Beresheet’s main engine was activated for four minutes.”

Picture of the spacecraft Beresheet

Israeli lunar spacecraft completes first maneuver toward Moon

Beresheet is set to land on Sea of Tranquility on April 11.

Beresheet launches of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Israeli spacecraft launches, Beresheet heads into orbit towards the moon

“All I can say is farewell Beresheet,” said an emotional Morris Kahn, chairman of SpaceIL who donated more than $40 million to the project. “Our hopes are with you, make us proud.”

Beresheet launches of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

The first Israeli lunar spacecraft Beresheet launches

The spacecraft is expected to land on the moon around April 11.

The Space IL lunar spacecraft 'Beresheet'

The Genesis Prize congratulates Morris Kahn on the launch of Beresheet

From left to right: Sana Britavsky, Deputy CEO, Genesis Prize Foundation; Dafna Jackson, CEO, Kahn Foundation; Dalia Rabin; Morris Kahn, Philanthropist; Stan Polovets, Co-founder and Chairman, Genesis Prize Foundation; Ahuva Yanai, CEO Matan United Way Israel