Jun 26, 2026 · 29 min · 10 segments
**Entrepreneur and new olah Maayan Gordon joins David Levine to share why she and her family left the comfort of American life and made Aliyah during a war.** **From motherhood and business to…
Mayan GordonGuestDavid LevineHostAnd you in one of your posts, you had a beautiful post about your your daughter instantly becoming friends with another child, but sharing a popsicle.
So what is that? What did that moment mean to you? And how do you see, you know, the life that you are going to be giving your daughter now versus in America?
Yeah, so it means so much to me to see her being able to connect with not just, you know, this one little subset of kids that are at her park, with everyone.
And You know it like just like every country we've got our own problems and you know there's people who you wouldn't want to be friends with and don't want to talk to.
But overwhelmingly people care about each other in a way that is beyond just words it is really spoken through action and.
From a very, very young age, I think children are socialized here much better.
I haven't looked at the research, but I have to imagine there's more parks per capita here than like anywhere else in the world.
Like you can't walk two blocks without there being another park specifically for
They're given so much more responsibility and status in society as being a contributing part of society, not what in oftentimes America feels like a burden upon society.
And I just think that that's incredibly healthy and to see her thriving in that and.
And, you know, making the move to Israel, and as you said, you know, kids and young people are... you know, have a very different journey here.
Uh, you know, the, the 18 year old here has a big choice of going, you know, has to go to the army or if they're religious, maybe they do volunteer work.
Um, you know, depending on, on, on what they, what the choice is, that's a very different path for your child.
And you in one of your posts, you had a beautiful post about your your daughter instantly becoming friends with another child, but sharing a popsicle.
So what is that? What did that moment mean to you? And how do you see, you know, the life that you are going to be giving your daughter now versus in America?
Yeah, so it means so much to me to see her being able to connect with not just, you know, this one little subset of kids that are at her park, with everyone.
And You know it like just like every country we've got our own problems and you know there's people who you wouldn't want to be friends with and don't want to talk to.
But overwhelmingly people care about each other in a way that is beyond just words it is really spoken through action and.
From a very, very young age, I think children are socialized here much better.
I haven't looked at the research, but I have to imagine there's more parks per capita here than like anywhere else in the world.
Like you can't walk two blocks without there being another park specifically for
They're given so much more responsibility and status in society as being a contributing part of society, not what in oftentimes America feels like a burden upon society.
And I just think that that's incredibly healthy and to see her thriving in that and.
And, you know, making the move to Israel, and as you said, you know, kids and young people are... you know, have a very different journey here.
Uh, you know, the, the 18 year old here has a big choice of going, you know, has to go to the army or if they're religious, maybe they do volunteer work.
Um, you know, depending on, on, on what they, what the choice is, that's a very different path for your child.
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