Fun fact: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has a racing-car team. Not only that, it has its own race car , developed and designed by students from various academic departments as part of a club first started in 2006. Most recently, the team participated in the Formula Student France 2025 competition in August, where it won the Best Spirit Award.

Ariel Fromowitz, 27, has been part of the team—a large one at that, with the involvement of as many as 120 students—since he started his studies in mechanical engineering at BGU in Beersheva three years ago, fueling his interest in motorsports. While he noted that the team came in 12th (out of 12) in the summer contest, the process has taken off, and “we learned a lot.”

He said this on Sunday at the 2025 Tribute Brunch sponsored by the Philad

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