<p>Of Israel’s many achievements since October 7, none perhaps was as unforeseen as the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange reaching an all-time high two years since the start of the war. While this reflected the resilience and dynamism of the start-up nation, there are troubling signs ahead for Israel’s economy: the high cost of war; stagnant economic sectors; bureaucratic malaise; high population growth; and more. Can Israel make the adjustments and double its GDP over ten years? Can Jews in the Diaspora help it get there?</p><p>Israeli venture capitalist Michael Eisenberg joined SAPIR Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens for a conversation about what it will take for Israel to become a trillion-dollar economy.</p><p><br></p><p>Watch this SAPIR Conversation on YouTube: <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D-S4BQEQynhM&data=05%7C02%7Cisaac.hart%40maimonidesfund.org%7Cdfbd39e826da44e9349608de32bedf38%7Cfacd90c05a6444fb89a9b66ca663c9b7%7C0%7C0%7C639003992581754645%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=OjFiwKpTU0seT6PxzHqvhYU0UnQitnvinTlUFO3mVi4%3D&reserved=0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S4BQEQynhM</a></p><p> </p><p>Read Michael Eisenberg’s essay: <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsapirjournal.org%2Fmoney%2F2025%2Fbuilding-israels-trillion-dollar-economy%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cisaac.hart%40maimonidesfund.org%7Cdfbd39e826da44e9349608de32bedf38%7Cfacd90c05a6444fb89a9b66ca663c9b7%7C0%7C0%7C639003992581770739%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=BuO1wJFZ6XH4ZtFAEon%2B7zM6NdFVH11wQCK5lhUt%2B5U%3D&reserved=0">https://sapirjournal.org/money/2025/building-israels-trillion-dollar-economy/</a></p><p> </p><p>Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuppbeat.io%2Ft%2Ftheo-gerard%2Fmonsieur-groove&data=05%7C02%7Cisaac.hart%40maimonidesfund.org%7Cdfbd39e826da44e9349608de32bedf38%7Cfacd90c05a6444fb89a9b66ca663c9b7%7C0%7C0%7C639003992581781868%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=bn%2F3oT1YLsYom6PGs2HV5joA39h%2FLjvmr%2Bzaie%2FRrVY%3D&reserved=0">https://uppbeat.io/t/theo-gerard/monsieur-groove</a><br></p>