Harry "Hershy" Orenstein Email & Phone Number

Israel

Israel

Holocaust Educator

Poland Lithuania Latvia Estonia

Trained as Tour Guide at Yad Vashem International School

Jerusalem

Guiding tourist groups and families

Leading English-speaking travellers on Jewish history tours of Polin - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland

Jereusalem

Situational awareness is very important, not just for personal security but as a fundamental building block in collective security.It is important to note that situational awareness — being aware of one's surroundings and identifying potential threats and dangerous situations — is more of a mindset than a hard skill. Because of this, situational awareness can be exercised by anyone with the will and the discipline to do so.Situational awareness is not only important for recognizing terrorist threats, but it also serves to identify criminal behavior and other dangerous situations.Recognize that threats existThe primary element in establishing this mindset is first to recognize that threats exist. Ignorance or denial of a threat make a person's chances of quickly recognizing an emerging threat and avoiding it highly unlikely. Bad things do happen. Apathy, denial and complacency can be deadly.Take responsibility for one's own securityA second important element of the proper mindset is understanding the need to take responsibility for one's own security. The resources of any government are finite and the authorities simply cannot be everywhere and cannot stop every potential terrorist attack or other criminal action. Therefore, people need to look out for themselves and their neighbors.Trust your intuitionAnother important facet of this mindset is learning to trust your "gut" or intuition. Many times a person's subconscious can notice subtle signs of danger that the conscious mind has difficulty quantifying or articulating.< The discipline part of practicing situational awareness refers to the conscious effort required to pay attention to gut feelings and to surrounding events even while you are busy and distracted. At such times even obvious hostile activity can go unnoticed, so individuals need to learn to be observant even while doing other things. >

Levant

The hyper-local specialist real estate agent / realtor for Efrat & Gush Etzion, Israel