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I love giving talks. I love giving talks about Israel. Specifically, about modern day Israel. And, never about politics! I gives talks...
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Viva Sarah Press
Nov 18, 20183 min read
The Kids: Educational Clowning Series
Mr. Peacock introduces me to Barb. Well, it isn’t really an introduction. He points at her and says, “she’s the school drug dealer.” As...
Viva Sarah Press
Nov 1, 20181 min read
A chat about reporting on the creative culture in Israel
Started the morning with a chat about what it's like to Report on the Innovation and Creative Culture in Israel with a visiting...
Viva Sarah Press
Oct 25, 20181 min read
Cannabis 101: Terminology to know
Cannabis slang and terminology is changing all the time. Some terms like THC and CBD are ubiquitous. But do you know the difference...
Viva Sarah Press
Oct 2, 20183 min read
Educational clown care with pint-sized people
Educational clowning is a new kind of clown care and taking part in this developing arena is oh-so-much-fun. One recent afternoon,...
Viva Sarah Press
Sep 3, 20181 min read
Back to school for kids -- and mom, too!
The new school year has begun in Israel, and as my third-grader and two sixth-graders headed back to their classrooms, I, too, returned...
Viva Sarah Press
Aug 5, 20181 min read
Autonomous vehicles: from idea to acceptance
Autonomous vehicles. Self-driving cars. When I first hosted a radio show on the concept of AV in 2014, people were still calling it a...
Viva Sarah Press
Jul 29, 20182 min read
Time flies when therapeutic medical clowns wait for the doctor
Waiting for the doctor is an activity no one enjoys but nonetheless inevitable. So, what happens when a group of therapeutic medical...
Viva Sarah Press
Jul 25, 20181 min read
The Culture of Israeli Startups and the Wild Ideas that are Helping Change the World
For the second year in a row, I presented the workshop -- “The Culture of Israeli Startups and the Wild Ideas that are Helping Change the...
Viva Sarah Press
Jul 22, 20182 min read
White Helmets escape Syria via Israel to Jordan and beyond
Did you see the 2016 documentary on Syria’s “white helmets” civil defense group? It was a powerful window into the daily operations of...
Viva Sarah Press
Jun 18, 20181 min read
Rawabi-Tel Aviv innovation
On a recent visit to Rawabi, the first planned city built for and by Palestinians in the West Bank, developer and Palestinian businessman...
Viva Sarah Press
Jun 4, 20181 min read
Gathering the right information
Crazy driving. Skewed news. Innovation ideas. Asking for another explanation. These were some of the topics that came up during a panel...
Viva Sarah Press
Jun 3, 20182 min read
How to annoy a journalist (or, when PR goes wrong)
The differences between journalism and public relations have been written about ad nauseam. Yet, it seems the differences between these...
Viva Sarah Press
May 29, 20182 min read
A surreal parent-teacher interview
“There’s a war,” my son’s teacher says, pointing to the sky as we hear Israel Air Force jets overhead. We’re meeting outside in the...
Viva Sarah Press
May 29, 20181 min read
Interpreting Israel with Gettysburg College
Very excited to be taking part in a panel titled "Interpreting Israel: Finding the stories that matter and retelling them for a wider...
Viva Sarah Press
May 28, 20181 min read
On a mission to spread oral journalism
I have created something I like to call, ‘oral journalism.’ It is a mashup of speaking and journalism. It is one thing for people to read...
Viva Sarah Press
May 18, 20183 min read
8 fun facts about Shavuot
Eight facts about the holiday of Shavuot: 1. Shavuot, which means “Festival of Weeks,” is just one name for the holiday. It also goes by...
Viva Sarah Press
May 17, 20181 min read
I'm speaking in Toronto!
I'm excited to give a Post Kiddush Talk about Israeli Creativity & Innovation at the First Narayever Congregation on May 19. My talks...
Viva Sarah Press
May 13, 20182 min read
Smash your chickpeas and celebrate International Hummus Day!
Today is International Hummus Day! To celebrate, you’re meant to eat hummus for breakfast, lunch or dinner – or, all three. In Israel,...
Viva Sarah Press
May 10, 20181 min read
On the menu: agri-tech and food-tech
Food and agriculture were the focus in Israel’s tech ecosystem this week, as representatives from the world’s governments, manufacturers,...
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