This week, we’re looking at the history of Tel Aviv. Since its establishment, this city on the coast has developed a big name for itself. It’s Israel’s commercial and financial center, bursting with startups and home to some major global companies. But, it’s not all work, work, work. Tel Aviv is also a cosmopolitan hub of cultural and art… not to mention the party capital of the Middle East.

Not bad for a city that’s just over 100 years’ old.

But how did Tel Aviv develop from the original seashell lottery of 1909 that marked the founding of the city? What’s the connection with one of the founding fathers of urban planning? And why does the city has the largest concentration of Bauhaus buildings in the world?

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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:24 Establishment of the first modern Jewish city Tel Aviv
01:33 Tel Aviv's transformation from swampland to major city
02:35 Tel Aviv as a major sports, music, and cultural center
03:24 Tel Aviv's largest Bauhaus architecture district in the world
04:13 Tel Aviv's economic success
04:53 Tel Aviv nightlife
05:06 Tel Aviv beaches
05:18 Cost of living in Tel Aviv and Israel's wealth disparity
06:02 Social justice "Tent protests"
06:22 Religious, ethnic, and social diversity of Tel Aviv
06:50 A century of development
07:01 Outro

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