Welcome to Homeland. Ten stories, One Israel.

Israel has brought together millions of Jews from across the diaspora in the world's most chaotic family reunion.

This podcast is about what that really looks like.

Though the series is fictional, each person is based on real stories shared with us by real people.

So, what better place to start than a Monit Sherut?

A shared taxi between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Yerushalayim.

It's a fairly democratic way to travel.

A place where young and old, professionals and students,

tourists and locals, religious and secular, rub shoulders, often literally, and sometimes

against their will. It's a perfect place to learn about the multifaceted character of one of

the most interesting countries on Earth. Today, you'll meet Alun Chagroun,

who, along with 300,000 other Jews,

left Morocco for Israel in the 1960s.

You'll hear about the difficulties of immigration,

the triumphs of being part of a Jewish state,

and you'll understand how even members of the same family

can inhabit totally different realities.

It's a rainy Monday in January, and Elune is in no mood for his commute through the traffic-choked highway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Yushalayan.

For starters, he's forgotten his umbrella and his new boots are not living up to their

advertised water-repelling technology.

And to add insult to injury, the shared taxi is hacked.

He's had the misfortune to grab a seat next to some kind of tourist, American from the

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