I went to Israel nervous. I returned with more questions than answers

The first meal we had was a shawarma, the first service staff we met were Arab Muslims, the first sound from a religious structure travelling through a busy square was the Muslim call to prayer. My Israel experience began in Jaffa, the old port city that is part of the Tel Aviv-Yafo municipality and home to a vibrant mix of Jewish and Muslim population. Walking through its flea market and dining areas on the first evening and meeting a diverse set of locals, I experienced that Israel is not a country of one kind of people.The common perception is that Jews who live in Israel came only from Germany or Poland, or only from European lineage. You meet Jews from Syria, Turkey, Morocco, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Iran, Russia and from all over South Asia and Latin America, and that too in big numbers.