Winter Book Tour Experience
January 28, 7:00-8:30p | 2900 SW Peaceful Lane, Portland
Hinenu: Israel at Ten Million is a new photography and oral-history book by Dave Shlachter (a childhood Neveh Shalom member!), capturing Israel through the lives of 100 people at the exact moment the country reached a population of ten million. Created during wartime and deep national uncertainty, the project pairs striking portraits with first-person stories that reflect Israel's full demographic mosaic—Jews and Arabs, religious and secular, sabras and immigrants, elders and children—mirroring the latest census data.
Intentionally apolitical, Hinenu (Hebrew for Here We Are) is an act of listening: a human portrait of a society still becoming itself, told in its own voices.
Fresh off coverage in the Times of Israel and in the middle of a national book tour, Dave is returning home to Portland to share stories and insights from his year listening and documenting the rich tapestry that is Israeli society.
