Tourism guide for social change
Program development and Leadership Trainer
Mediation and Dialogue Facilitator
I chose to study and lead tours in this land because the wonderful places and people here fascinate me. I love to discover and meet them, to remember each time anew how complex life is, To uncover the wonderful riches and creativity that lie within us, and to bring together people and c
ulture in order to learn about life from diverse perspectives and make the “other” more human in our eyes. There I learned about the simplicity and human warmth of people. I went to school at Sde Boker Academy where I learned to fall in love with nature and to live with it in peace. I was a tank commander in the army, I fought in Lebanon and in the territories and I learned about the pain and suffering that war brings. I traveled the world for 3 years and I discovered that we are not the center of the world and there are as many points of view as there are living people. I founded a successful high-tech company and left after two years because I wanted to work with people and not with computer screens. Since then I’ve devoted my life to connecting people from diverse backgrounds and cultures and to remembering that the “other” is a human being whose story is rich and as complex, like ours. I’ve been active for the past 13 years as a group facilitator for personal empowerment, social action groups and mediation. I facilitate multicultural get togethers, group bonding activities, and team building, I develop programs and curricula and give alternative guided tours. I was a leader in organizations that work to build peace and understanding, facilitate and lead events between people from diverse cultures, backgrounds and religions in Israel and in the world, lecture on multimedia, pre-school teacher and radio show host. In my work I intergrate many areas that I learned and developed: Participation in life stories and music, guided visualization, challenging activities, participation in current science and history, movement and song, artistic creation, simulations and more…From these emerges a wide reaching experience where insights arise from collaborative experiences. You are invited to read about the Trips and workshops that I offer to organized groups and to the public.
