Dr. Ilan Shchori -Brief CV & List of Publications

DR. ILAN SHCHORI - CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Details:

Born in Tel Aviv (1954), two children, in a relationship. I dedicated my life's work to writing about Tel Aviv's history and development for about 45 years. Lectures on the history of Israel and Tel Aviv, certified tour guide while operating a public website about Tel Aviv's history called: "My Tel Aviv" (www.mytelaviv.co.il) for 20 years

Academic Education:

• University of Haifa - PhD dissertation approved, January 2025 - Department of Jewish History. Research topic: Tel Aviv Municipality's Activities during Meir Dizengoff's Period 1921-1936 (Advisor: Prof. Gur Alroey)
• Tel Aviv University: Master's Degree - in Jewish History - 1990
• Tel Aviv University - Bachelor's Degree - Department of Land of Israel and Jewish People History - 1983

Courses:

• Two-year Course in Museum Curatorship and Management, Tel Aviv University, 2016
• Two-year Licensed Tour Guide Course, Ministry of Tourism, 1990

Publications: See attached list

Work Experience:

• Self-employed: Tour Guide and Lecturer at Public and Private Institutions 2005 - 2024
• Tourist Guide Magazine: - Publisher and Editor of Tourism Weekly: 1998 - 2005
• Haaretz Newspaper: 1977 - 1998: Including Tel Aviv Affairs Reporter, Political Reporter, Political Commentator

Awards and Recognition:

• Communications Award from the Local Government Center for a role as Tel Aviv Affairs Reporter, 1986
• Naftali Prize for Research in Economics and Social Sciences, Tel Aviv City Council, 1992
• International Award for Excellence in Journalism Order of Merit (2005) from Skal International Tourism Organization

Public Positions:

• Member of the Historians Circle at the State's President's
• Member of the Mandate Period Laws Forum headed by Prof. Moti Golani
• Board Member, B'nai B'rith Israel, Chairman of Tel Aviv Regional Council in the organization and Presidential Advisor for International Relations and Heritage
• Deputy Chairman of the Israeli Journalists Association (former)
• Deputy Chairman of the Israeli Tour Guides Association (former)
• Candidate for Senior Vice President of B'nai B'rith International

Ilan Shchori - List of Publications (partial) - As of January 2025

Field(s) of Expertise

• History of Tel Aviv, History of Israel

Academic Works

Shchori Ilan, Meir Dizengoff's Term as Mayor of Tel Aviv 1921-1936 and Its Impact on the City's Development, Dissertation submitted as doctoral thesis under the supervision of Prof. Gur Alroey, Department of Israel Studies, University of Haifa, January 2025

Shchori Ilan, Tel Aviv in Formation / Birth of the First Hebrew City and its Growth between 1909-1923 Master's Thesis, Tel Aviv University, 1989

Books:

Shchori Ilan, My Tel Aviv, History of Tel Aviv, Over 100 Years Through a Researcher's Eye, Media 10 Publishing, 2024.

Shchori Ilan, A Dream That Became a Metropolis / Tel Aviv, Birth and Growth: The City That Gave Birth to a State, Publisher: Tel Aviv: Avivim, 1990 - New and updated edition including additions, 2009, "Avivim" Publishing

Shchori Ilan, I Will Build You, and You Shall Be Built, Publisher: Tel Aviv: Contractors and Builders Association in Tel Aviv-Jaffa through Melo, 1991, 358 pp: illustrations

Shchori Ilan, In the Wheels of Time: The Story of Dan Company in Tel Aviv 1945-1995/ [Editor: Itzik Kagan] - Tel Aviv: "Dan," 1995

Shchori, Ilan, Herzliya Avivim, [1992], 62 pp: color illustrations.

Articles (published in peer-reviewed journals)

Shchori Ilan, 'Eat and Drink, for Tomorrow We Die': The Rise and Fall of the Trask Group in Little Tel Aviv, "Israelis" Vol. 8, 2017, December 2017, pp. 4-26, Journal for Israel and Zionism Studies, published by Ben-Gurion Institute for Israel and Zionism Studies

Shchori Ilan, "Tel Aviv Municipality News as a Historical Source for Tel Aviv History," Kesher 39, 102-122, 2009

Shchori Ilan, Tel Aviv's Struggle for Independence and Municipal Autonomy Merhavim: Collection of Research in Geography of Israel and the Middle East, 4: 103-130, 1992

Articles in Publication Process (in peer-reviewed journals)

Shchori Ilan, From Horse-Drawn Carriage to Automobile and from Path to Road: The Institutionalization of Public Transportation in Tel Aviv from the Establishment of Ahuzat Bayit to the Establishment of the State (1909-1948) as Part of Nation-Building Processes in Zohar Emma, editor, "Mobility and Visibility: Jews and Public Transportation." In press

Shchori Ilan, Moshe Sharett at Herzliya Gymnasium, in Naor, Mordechai, editor, Moshe Sharett: Life, in press

Shchori Ilan, From Tel Aviv to Jaffa and Back - Meir Dizengoff's Brief Term as Deputy Mayor of Jaffa, 'Cathedra,' Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi Publishing, (undergoing revisions after peer review)

Articles in Journals (non-peer-reviewed)

Shchori Ilan, Tel Aviv Port - Alive and Vibrant. Building and Architecture, 99: 30-33, 2008

Shchori Ilan, Tel Aviv Establishes Police Et-Mol: Journal for the History of Israel and Its People, 15(4): 21-23, 1990

Shchori Ilan, "The Sabbath War" in Tel Aviv Et-Mol: Journal for the History of Israel and Its People, 17(1): 14-16, 1991

Shchori Ilan, When the Adloyada Paraded Through Tel Aviv Streets Et-Mol: Journal for the History of Israel and Its People, 16(3): 6-8, 1991

Shchori Ilan, "The Sabbath War" in Tel Aviv Et-Mol: Journal for the History of Israel and Its People, 17(1): 14-16, 1991

Shchori, Ilan, The Missing Women of North Tel Aviv. Et-Mol: Journal for the History of Israel and Its People, 17, 21-22, 1991

Shchori Ilan, Why Was Dizengoff Beaten? Et-Mol: Journal for the History of Israel and Its People, 17(4): 17-18, 1992

Shchori Ilan, Mayor for 10 Days: The Story of Moshe Shlush's Election as Mayor of Tel Aviv Et-Mol: Journal for the History of Israel and Its People, 18(4): 3-5, 1993

Shchori, Ilan, Three Years Without Dizengoff, Et-Mol, Year 19 Issue 1, 8-10, 1993

Shchori, Ilan. "The Evolution of the Tel Aviv Municipality Symbol,"  "Ha'aretz 25/20/1990. Page 6b

Shchori Ilan, "The Beginnings of the Carmel Market in Tel Aviv, "Land and Nature" Issue 119 January 2009

Shchori Ilan, "The Land Redemption of Tel Aviv", "Land and Nature" Issue 122, 2009, pages 46-49.

Shchori Ilan, "The Story of Tel Aviv Founders' Monument", "Land and Nature" Issue 120, 46-49, 2009.

Shchori Ilan, Neighborhood of My Childhood, HaGalila, 2010

Shchori Ilan, Jabotinsky Corner Dizengoff, Ha'Uma, Issue 179, Fall 2010, pages 72 to 79.

Shchori Ilan, Jabotinsky Offers His Services for Establishing Tel Aviv Port, Ha'Uma Issue 180, Winter 2010, pages 69 to 76.

Shchori Ilan, The Bombing of Tel Aviv During the War of Independence, in "Ariel - Special Issue for Tel Aviv's 101 Years", pages 172-177, April 2012.

Shchori Ilan, Secret of the Hidden Garden, Land and Nature Issue 129, Cheshvan 5771, pages 62-66

Shchori Ilan, The Rise and Fall of the Ship Tel Aviv, Land and Nature, Issue 138, February-March 2012, pages 36-41,

Shchori Ilan, Where Streets Have Names, Land and Nature: The Israeli Geographic Magazine, 141: 48-55, 2012

Shchori Ilan, The Forgotten Hero of Jaffa, Edward Thomas Mitchell, Land and Nature: The Israeli Geographic Magazine, 140: 2012

Shchori Ilan, "A State of Reality in Waiting": The History of Tel Aviv Central Bus Station, Et-Mol 226, 12-14, 2012

Shchori Ilan, Hakoah Vienna's Journeys in the Holy Land, Land and Nature, Issue 139, April-May 2012, pages 44-51

Shchori Ilan, The Beginning of Medicine in Tel Aviv, "Provisions for the Journey," January 2012

Shchori Ilan, Did Lord Balfour Support the Declaration Bearing His Name?, Ha'Uma 208, 55 (Winter 2017, November 2017), pp. 27-31

Shchori Ilan, Meir Dizengoff: The Sheriff of Tel Aviv, Segula Magazine June 2020

Shchori Ilan, Oasis or Backyard, 100 Years to Neve Sha'anan Neighborhood, Segula Magazine, Issue 129, March 2021

Shchori Ilan, Shoulder to Shoulder, on Tel Aviv Municipality's Aid to Nablus and Arab Cities During the July 1927 Earthquake, Et-Mol Journal, Issue 271, March 2021

Shchori Ilan, Be Prepared in the Sands, on the Beginning of the Scout Movement in Tel Aviv, Segula Magazine August 2021

Shchori Ilan, "Tel Aviv's Electricity Revoluti," Segula Magazine 149, November 2022

Shchori Ilan, Secret Society, Segula Magazine for History 138, December 2022

Shchori Ilan, The Firefighters Come to Tel Aviv, Segula Magazine 155, May 2023

Shchori Ilan, A Sweet Future for Local Products, Segula Magazine 158, August 2023

Shchori Ilan, Barefoot and Happy, Segula Magazine 168, June 2024

Shchori Ilan, Ambulance in the Sands, The Establishment of Magen David Adom Organization that Grew from Tel Aviv's Small Dunes, Segula 172, October 2024

Articles in English (non-peer-reviewed journals)

Shchori, Ilan, "Who Founded Tel-Aviv?", ERETZ: MAGAZINE, 119: 72-76, 2009

Shchori, Ilan, "Forgotten Hero", ERETZ: MAGAZINE, December 2012, 76-79

Shchori, Ilan, "Hakoah Vienna's Journey to the Holy Land," ERETZ Magazine, 2012

Shchori, Ilan, "Jaffa's Secret - Jewish Society," Segula Magazine, 2022

Shchori, Ilan, "The Sheriff of Tel-Aviv," Segula Magazine, 2020

Conferences, Conventions, and Congresses

The 16th World Congress of Jewish Studies, July 2014, Lecture: Dizengoff Corner Jabotinsky

Geographic Association Conference, December 2016, Tel Aviv University, Lecture: From Tel Aviv to Jaffa and Back: The Story of Meir Dizengoff's Brief Term as Acting Mayor of Jaffa

The 17th World Congress of Jewish Studies, August 2018 Lecture: The Conquest of Tel Aviv: First Days of British Rule Marking 100 Years to the British Conquest of Palestine.

The 60th Geographic Association Conference, December 2019, University of Haifa, Panel Organization - Tel Aviv at 110 - Meir Dizengoff Early Days - The Rise and Fall of the Glass Factory in Tantura: Another Perspective

Founding Conference of the Israeli Urban Research Community, Yad Avner Tel Aviv University, October 2021, Lecture: 1921 - Tel Aviv's Year Zero

The 18th World Congress of Jewish Studies, August 2022, Lecture: Tel Aviv: First Symbols of Government - Independence in the Making

As part of the session "Tel Aviv: A Multi-Faceted City"

Back to Herzl: Conference Marking 120 Years Since His Death, Herzl Center Jerusalem, 18.12.2024, Lecture: Tel Aviv as a Herzlian Reflection