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Hinenu in Tel Aviv: David Shlachter on Aliyah After October 7—and Mapping Israel Through 100 Stories
In this episode of Tel Aviv Diary, Marc Schulman sits down with neighbor and new olah David Schlachter, who moved his family from the Bay Area to Tel Aviv in August 2024 after a decade-long plan collided with the realities of October 7 and rising antisemitism in the United States. David describes the family’s debate—stay in California or make the leap during wartime—and what it felt like to land, settle, and place three children into Israeli public schools just days before the school year began.
David also shares his unusual sabbatical project: building a “demographic mosaic” of Israel by…
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