DALLAS — Meral Tubi and her Israeli husband Kfir never imagined they’d one day leave their Los Angeles home to move to Texas.

But something changed over the last two years. Their young children reached school age, they saw a sharp rise in antisemitism following Oct. 7, 2023, and then they experienced wave after wave of devastating California wildfires.

This summer they decided enough was enough. Shortly after Meral Tubi visited Dallas for a work conference, they decided to sell their house in Studio City, Calif., and make Dallas their new home.

“I didn’t even know there were Jews in Dallas,” said Tubi, 35, who now works in medical imaging for a major pharmaceutical company in Dallas. “We came out here and everyone was so kind and direct. It felt so refreshing.”

Perhaps the main highlig

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