Zohar grew up in a ma'abara (transit camp) on the border of Bat Yam and Jaffa, where the family's ramshackle hut was not even sufficient to protect them from the elements.
Immigrants housed in these communities were Jewish refugees mainly from Middle East and North Africa, as well as Holocaust survivors from Europe.
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Over 80% of the residents were Jewish refugees from across Arab and Muslim countries in Middle East and North Africa.
Paul Tortelier, impressed by the ideals of the kibbutzim, settled and worked here for a year, with his family.
Shaul Mishal was born in 1945 in Iraq and made aliyah with his family in 1951 and for next 8 years they lived in ma'abara Talpiot.