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🎟️ Admission is free, subject to pre-registration at this link only: [https://forms.monday.com/forms/32e525c3e9f4c6c080ad549cf07280ac?r=euc1](https://forms.monday.com/forms/32e525c3e9f4c6c080ad549cf07280ac?r=euc1) **THE PREMIER EVENT FOR EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY IN THE ISRAELI LABOR MARKET** The LGBTWORK Conference is coming to the Tel Aviv LGBTQ Center, officially kicking off the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality’s Pride Month events. This is the largest professional gathering for the LGBTQ+ community—bridging the gap between the economy’s leading companies and top-tier professionals and talent across all industries. **WHAT’S IN STORE?** 🔹 Professional Content & Practical Tools: Resources designed to help you navigate the next step in your career. 🔹 Career Fair: Meet the most innovative companies—those that recognize equality and diversity as primary engines for success. 🔹 Lectures & Panels: Deep dives into the most pressing issues in the modern world of work. 🔹 Personal Consulting & Professional Branding: CV workshops, LinkedIn optimization, and a professional headshot station (because your career deserves a great profile picture). 🔹 Mentoring Hub: One-on-one sessions with leading industry professionals. **ON STAGE:** 🎤 A Global Look at LGBTQ+ Employment Sari Yerushalmi – CEO of LGBTWORK 🎤 Employment in the AI Era Shahar Grembek, Roy Latke, Dr. Limor Ziv 🎤 Urban Pride: Policy, Community, and Impact Representatives of the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality 🎤 Stronger Together: The Power of LGBTQ+ Employee Unions Maggie Moore (Chair of Assuta Workers' Union), Hagit Pe'er (Chair of Na'amat), Adv. Irit Porin-Weitzman (VP of HR, Histadrut) 🎤 One-on-One with Matan Hodorov A personal interview on career, public influence, and LGBTQ+ identity. 💬 This is your space to listen, ask, network, and open doors—and perhaps find your next big move. **WHO SHOULD ATTEND?** Students and graduates \| Job seekers and employees \| Anyone for whom professional growth and pride are a priority\. EVENT DETAILS: 📅 Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2026 🕔 Time: 17:00 – 20:00 📍 Location: The LGBTQ Center, Gan Meir, Tel Aviv-Yafo

LGBTech is delighted to invite you to our Annual GALA Evening! 🎟️ **Admission is free, subject to pre-registration at this link only:** [Here](https://forms.monday.com/forms/09ddbe74721f37827734e4d00575d45b?r=euc1) An event dedicated to honoring the allies of the LGBTQ+ community in the workplace. This is our time to come together and celebrate our shared efforts, highlight major milestones, and recognize the vital partnerships driving real, on-the-ground change. During this special and inspiring evening, we will celebrate the individuals and companies leading the charge for a more inclusive professional landscape in Israel. We will also be presenting special certificates of appreciation to members of the Israeli Knesset for their ongoing support. 🥂 **Drinks & Food will be served** 📅 **When:** Tuesday, May 26th, at 20:00 📍 **Where:** On the rooftop of the LGBTQ+ Community Center, Meir Park, Tel Aviv 👔 **Dress Code:** Business casual We look forward to seeing you there as we celebrate our journey toward a more equal, safe, and inclusive reality.

בסדנה נכיר את העקרונות הבסיסיים של תחום הריתוך, נתנסה בעבודה עם כלי העבודה השונים, נחשף לסוגי הריתוך השונים ותצברו ידע שיסייע לכם להבין את התהליך ואת טכניקות העבודה הנדרשות. עלות: 240 ש"ח למבוגר/ת. לתושבי יהוד-מונוסון: 190 ש"ח למבוגר/ת. שימו לב: לא מספיק להרשם פה, יש להרשם גם בקישור הבא [https://www.makelab.org.il/registration/welding](https://www.makelab.org.il/registration/welding)

**TAMI Hacking Nights** \- join TAMI CTF team and practice challenges and CTFs with us \- share your knowledge about ethical hacking techniques and tools \- bring some device to reverse engineer it and explore how it works \- propose a bug bounty program to work on together \- just watch and learn from others The meetings are informal and open to all levels - from total beginners to hardcore CTF veterans. Join our HackaTAMI Telegram channel ([https://t.me/+KAXY_iPcPlpmZTRk](https://t.me/+KAXY_iPcPlpmZTRk)) to discuss what we will do this Tuesday and come to TAMI. ========== TAMI wiki: [https://telavivmakers.org](https://telavivmakers.org) TAMI main Telegram channel: [https://t.me/+0t5M0-jK9iIwZmM8](https://t.me/+0t5M0-jK9iIwZmM8)

## Details Hi everyone, ⚠️ You need to join the Whatssapp community and get a confirmation on WhatssApp that there are still spots available in order to be able to attend. You can join the chess community here by filling the form: https://chessbarisrael.com/#join-us The next edition tournament will take place on **Tuesday.** 📍 **Where:** Masaryk Wine & Flowers, **80 King George St, Tel Aviv** 📅 **When:** 6:15 PM - 8:30 PM ♟️ **Format:** 5 rounds of 8+2 (Rapid) OR Meet & Play (depends on which Tuesday) 🥇 **Prizes:** * **Top Winners:** bottles of wine * **Best Under 1500/800:** 1 hour of private chess lesson * **Sandwich for a randomly picked player** ✨ **How does it work?** This is a friendly, unofficial event (not reported to FIDE) and part of a **bi-weekly series of tournaments** held in bars around Tel Aviv. ⚠️ There is an entrance fee for the event including the first free drink and prizes! **Spots are limited!** ⚠️ You need to join the Whatssapp community and get a confirmation on WhatssApp that there are still spots available in order to be able to attend. Olivier 🎉

Hare: Magic Dyke Get your desert socks ready, we're getting sandy! A quick twist around Holon's outskirts with a few photo opportunities, and obligatory beer before, during, after, whenever! **Parking?** Yamit 2000 / ימית 2000 **On after?** We can always go down the slides really drunk ... When: May 30, 4 pm Where: Yamit 2000, Holon Join us wankers! (It costs 25 shekel) Magic Dyke

במפגש מעשי נלמד איך כותבים בקשת פרוביזיונל לבד, איך מבצעים חיפוש Prior Art, מהי אמנת ה־PCT ואיך מתנהלים נכון מול עולם הפטנטים והקניין הרוחני. מומלץ להגיע עם רעיון קיים ולהתחיל לעבוד עליו כבר במהלך המפגש. את הערב יעביר דורון קורן, יזם היי־טק סדרתי, בעל עשרות פטנטים וחתן פרסים בין־לאומיים לחדשנות, ובמהלכו נקיים גם שיחת Zoom עם משרדי עורכי פטנטים אמריקאיים שיתנו ייעוץ ללא תשלום. למבוגרים/ות (15+). ההשתתפות ללא תשלום אך כרוכה ברישום מוקדם. שימו לב: לא מספיק להרשם במיטאפ יש להרשם גם בקישור הבא , שם תמצאו גם פרטים נוספים https://link.makelab.org.il/advanced-patents

קורס מבוא ל- Blender: יצירת עולמות בתלת-ממד בשבעה מפגשים. בקורס חווייתי ומעשי נלמד לעבוד עם Blender - תוכנת מידול תלת־ממד מקצועית וחינמית המשמשת בתעשיות רבות. לאורך שבעה מפגשים נכיר את יסודות העבודה: מידול, חומרים וטקסטורות, תאורה ורנדרינג ונלמד דרך פרויקט מעשי. בסיום הקורס כל משתתף ייצור עמדת מפתחות מעוצבת בהדפסת תלת־ממד וירכוש יכולת להמשיך ליצור באופן עצמאי בבית. למבוגרים ונוער (16+). עלות: 900 ש"ח (לתושבי יהוד-מונוסון: 820 ש"ח). שימו לב: לא מספיק להרשם במיטאפ יש להרשם גם בקישור הבא , שם תמצאו גם פרטים נוספים https://link.makelab.org.il/Blender-7

בואו לגלות את הקסם שבחיבור חלקי זכוכית צבעונית לכדי יצירת אמנות מרהיבה. בסדנה נעבוד צעד-צעד - מחיתוך מדויק של הזכוכית, דרך עיטוף החלקים בפסי נחושת, ועד חיבורם בהלחמה - וניצור מראה מעוטרת ביצירת ויטראז' בת 9 חלקים. למבוגרים/ות (18+). הסדנה מתאימה גם למתחילים, ללא צורך בניסיון קודם. עלות: 300 ש”ח מחיר לתושבי יהוד-מונוסון – 250 ש”ח **שימו לב:** לא מספיק להרשם במיטאפ יש להרשם גם בקישור הבא , שם תמצאו גם פרטים נוספים https://link.makelab.org.il/Vitrage

במהלך המפגש כל אחת ואחד מהחברים והאורחים מציגים את עצמם , לפני אחרי מתקיים מינגלינג להכרות ובסיום ארוחת בוקר בכל מפגש יש הרצאה של 10 דקות בתחום מקצועי אחר המפגש מתקיים בבית קפה צבעים בפארק בכבר סבא עלות 60 ש"ח אפשר לפנות אלי יורם במייל yoramze@gmail.com 0547333081 בקבוצה 23 חברים קבעים שמגיעים לכל מפגש מתחומים שונים: עורכי דין, תחום הבניה והעיצוב , ייעוץ עסקי, שירותים לבית,ראיית חשבון , ביטוחת משכנאות , שייוק ומכירות , משרד חקירות , סון עריכת פטנטים , ארגון טוילוים לחו"ל ,נדל"ן ,מחשבים לרשמת חברי הקבוצה https://bni.co.il/%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9D-%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9F/iw/memberlist

**TAMI Sonic (Music Night)** Join our bi-weekly informal meetups devoted to playing and experimenting with sound. ========== TAMI wiki: [https://telavivmakers.org](https://telavivmakers.org) TAMI main Telegram channel: [https://t.me/+0t5M0-jK9iIwZmM8](https://t.me/+0t5M0-jK9iIwZmM8)

**Founders Running Club** (FRC) brings founders, investors, tech, creative people and startup enthusiasts together for weekly easy runs and networking. We like to be comfortable when we run and finish with coffee and conversations. Choose your pace or follow a pacer—pets, friends, family, are welcome. Join locall Tel-Aviv chat with all news and updates https://chat.whatsapp.com/IWWgu9DznjzLvMe8p6cVCu?mode=ac_t For any questions pleae contact Tel-Aviv city leaders: Lev +972 55-7704496 Ilia +972535007183 Nastya +972533838320 Dan +972537162316 More about FRC global: 🗓️ Launched in San Francisco, July 16, 2022 🌍 Now in 35+ cities 📅 Running + Networking events + Community **Join the community** [http://foundersrc.com/chats](http://foundersrc.com/chats) **Stay updated**: Instagram [http://instagram.com/foundersrc/](http://instagram.com/foundersrc/) LinkedIn [http://linkedin.com/company/foundersrc/](http://linkedin.com/company/foundersrc/) Podcast [http://podcast.foundersrc.com/](http://podcast.foundersrc.com/) Strava [http://strava.com/clubs/foundersRC](http://strava.com/clubs/foundersRC) Website [http://foundersrc.com/](http://foundersrc.com/)

QA or the Highway is a one-day, affordable, regional, professional conference featuring real-world experience and thought leadership in the QA and testing industry. This is a ticketed event please register here: https://www.qaorthehwy.com/ Featured Keynote Speakers: **Matthew-Hope Eland** **(Wizard at Leading EDJE)** \- An AI Specialist and Wizard at Leading EDJE who is known to teach software engineering\, AI\, and data science concepts in the most ridiculous ways possible\. Matt has used machine learning to settle debates over whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie\, reinforcement learning to drive the behavior of digital squirrels\, data analytics to suggest improvements to his favorite TV show\, and AI agents to play board games and create an AI agent with the personality of a dog\. Matt is the author of "Data Science in \.NET with Polyglot Notebooks" and "Refactoring with C\#" as well as several LinkedIn Learning courses\. Matt helps organize the Central Ohio \.NET Developer Group\, runs several blogs and a YouTube channel\, has a Master’s of Science in Data Analytics\, and is a current Microsoft MVP in AI and \.NET\. **Tatyana Arbouzova** **(CEO at Innovate QA)** \- Tatyana Arbouzova is an engineering and business leader with a strong background in Quality Engineering across multiple industries\, including Big Tech\, Healthcare\, and Entertainment\. She has held leadership roles at world\-class companies such as Microsoft\, VMware\, Disney\, and The Pokémon Company International\, where she focused on building quality\-driven cultures and scaling teams to deliver high\-impact products\. With decades of experience\, Tatyana has helped organizations transform their quality practices so teams can deliver software efficiently\, confidently\, and with measurable business outcomes\. Today\, Tatyana advises software companies on adopting AI to optimize quality practices and improve how software is delivered at scale\. She is also a passionate community builder and the founder of Innovate QA\, a thriving Seattle\-based community and conference for quality professionals\.

Christians in Tech is a community at the intersection of faith and technology. Our meetups are designed to spark meaningful conversations, promote knowledge sharing, and encourage growth—both in your career and your spiritual walk with God. Whether you're an experienced professional or just starting your tech journey, CIT welcomes you. Our Website [https://linktr.ee/citcbus](https://linktr.ee/citcbus) Sponsors and Partners * Improving (Venue Sponsor) * Bethel World Prayer Center (Fiscal Sponsor) * Fruits & Roots (Coffee Partner)

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