clearance rating, given by the Air Force. In February 2016, the book Israel's Edge: The Story of IDF's Most Elite Unit - Talpiot, written by CNBC executive producer Jason Gewirtz, was published by Gefen in Jerusalem about the unit and the history of how it came into existence. Notable alumni (Talpionim) Uri Alon - professor of systems biology at the Weizmann Institute Yoav Freund - professor at the University of California, San Diego, and Gödel Prize winner Elon Lindenstrauss - professor of mathematics at the Hebrew University and winner of the 2010 Fields Medal Avi Loeb - Israeli-American theoretical physicist at Harvard University Marius Nacht - one of the co-founders of Check Point Software Technologies Daniel Ramot, Oren Shoval - founders of Via Assaf Rappaport, Ami Luttwak and Yinon Costica - co-founders of Wiz See also References Further reading External links The beginning of Talpiot Israel Defense Forces Military education and training in Israel