What do you take with you when you have to leave fast?

I have just finished reading an extraordinary article. https://www.npr.org/2018/12/22/675628119/what-they-took-with-them-as-they-fled-conflicts

Maya Kara wears gold coin earrings. Her mother took the coins when their family left Hungary after the Hungarian Revolution in 1956.

Courtesy of Maya Kara

I don't want to give you all the details of this story, 

but if you are an archaeologist,  you should read this article.  It tells the story of many different people and what they took with them when the left "the old country."

From a personal example, when I came to Israel in 1991, I had a suitcase and three carry ons.  One of them had two clarinets, and some music books, but I forgot the music stand. My sister wouldn't let me go back and get it.  Too bad, the other things were normal, clothes, shoes, and a sleeping bag.  

( I hated sleeping in that sleeping bag. . . )  And everything else I had to leave with my sister.  She had my car, and the detritus of 29 years I think that she threw everything out, but I don't want to ask her, I would get upset all over again.

But this article makes me think about how and what people take with them when they leave. It is the important things, and the things that are less important are left behind.  So why do we make such a big thing about what we find when people leave?  Because that is the evidence that we have. Does that make archaeology not valid anymore?  Not necessarily, it just makes me think that people are more complicated that what we have considered in the past. 

I don't think that human nature has changed that much. Yes even in 30,000 years we have the same emotions and wants and needs.  We in 2019 just live much faster. 

Rachael Alice Orbach 

Jerusalem Real Estate Secret List

If you are looking to rent or buy real estate in Jerusalem,   I am part of a Secret Real Estate List.  This is a picture and details of one of the properties for sale.

 

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Good Luck in finding an apartment in Jerusalem! 

Rachael Alice Orbach

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Here is an interview that David and I did on Israel Beat! 
http://israelbeat.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html 

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How to negotiate in business and personal life

Negotiation is part of everyday life.  Most people, however, cringe when they think of negotiation.  This is because of a number of factors. 

Americans think that negotiation is for people who are low-class.  Sometimes it feels better and richer to just pay the price.  

Negotiations take a lot of time and bother, you have to gather information and be prepared to spend time that you might not want to in order to get the best deal.  

Negotiations usually mean that one person loses and the other wins. Nobody wants to be on the losing side. 

But these stereotypes don't have to happen! 
Here are some resources that you can get, one of them for free, that will help you in your negotiations in business and everyday life. 

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This book, which you can read some of it on-line, has many tactics that you can use when you need to negotiate. 

I also started doing this course this morning: https://alison.com/course/introduction-to-conflict-management-and-negotiation

I started taking notes in my own words to help me remember the concepts and hopefully I will be able to be a better negotiator when the next opportunity comes up. 

Good Luck! 
Rachael Alice Orbach

Disclosure: Some of these links may pay me a small percentage that will not affect the price that you pay in anyway.  It also helps me to keep the blog going. 
Thanks! RAO


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Ten English Textbook for sale

This is a textbook for the 10th grade in the Israeli School System for English speakers or high level classes.  I used this book when I was teaching at Leyada - the High School Next to the Hebrew University in Givat Ram in Jerusalem. 

I enjoyed teaching this book because of the different subjects.  It is also good if you are a private teacher so that you can help the students prepare for the Bagrut. The grammar is very useful and the writing assignments are interesting. 

I am selling the textbook for a symbolic price of 10NIS.


I teach in person and on line most of the day, so SMS or What'sApp are the best ways to get ahold of me. 

Rachael Alice Orbach 
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