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My personal story
I was born in Nazareth in 1980. I am a father to two daughters and share my life and work at Nishri Mediators with my wife, Noga. My family has roots in Brazil, Ukraine, Georgia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, Israel and Italy. Encounters between different cultures, identities and stories are part of the home I come from.
As a teenager, I lived for several years on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. That experience strengthened my independence and my desire to see people beyond their positions and labels. Throughout my life, I have taken part in promoting dialogue and encounters between communities, including Jews and Arabs, and religious and secular communities.
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Music and peacemaking
In my twenties, I owned the Jah Pan and Kultura live music venues in Tel Aviv. Every day, I was surrounded by musicians and quality music. That connection continues to accompany me in the mediation room.
Music is deeply meaningful to me in the work of making peace. I believe that many of the abilities I bring to the mediation room come from my connection to music and to the frequencies it expresses and makes possible.
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From law studies to mediation
I discovered mediation during my law studies. As I studied, I became increasingly concerned with what happens to relationships while people fight for a legal ruling. I wanted work that helped people understand one another and find solutions they could live with afterwards. That is how my journey into mediation began.
I hold an LL.B. from Ono Academic College and an M.A. in Conflict Resolution from Bar-Ilan University. Alongside work with couples, families and business partners, I continued exploring how to make mediation structured, accessible and sensitive to people’s experiences. The New Partnership Method grew from that connection between learning and practice.
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From practice to a method people can learn
The New Partnership Method grew from understanding that agreements must address both what people feel and what they need to do in practice. We explore what hurts and frightens them, define the future they want and translate it into decisions and shared responsibility.
Over time, I discovered that the tools I use as a mediator also affect my relationships. They help me listen, recognise my reactions and better understand the people around me. This connection between work and life is central to what I want to teach.
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Books and learning
My three books grew from questions I encountered in mediation. Get Divorced in Peace explains divorce mediation and the issues it needs to address. New Partnership explores building a life and a parenting partnership before, during and after separation. In Mediation as a Martial Art, I broaden the perspective and teach how to use the language of mediation in everyday relationships and disagreements.
Through books and teaching, I want this knowledge to live beyond the mediation room. The ten-lesson introductory course is a way to start learning and practising, and I am working to make it available in more languages.
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The future I hope to help build
I call my vision a reverse Tower of Babel: people speaking different languages and learning to understand one another. I want everyone who learns to take the tools into their family, workplace and community, and pass them on.
I invite you to explore the method, read and begin practising. Turning knowledge into change starts in the conversations we have every day.
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