Viva Sarah Press
Can you say, I don’t know?
Can you say, “I don’t know”? Say it out loud. I say it all the time. For me, “I don’t know” means “I have to find out.” If I don’t know...
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Viva Sarah Press
- Jan 9, 2021
- 1 min
96,000 pounds of ice cream
Data from a local delivery service on what Israelis order makes for a fun read. Every month, over 96,000 pounds of ice cream (43,545...
Viva Sarah Press
- Nov 23, 2020
- 2 min
Corona tax is here
Corona tax has entered the Israeli lexicon. What is it? It is a fee that establishments charge to do what they should be doing anyway:...
Viva Sarah Press
- Sep 24, 2020
- 2 min
A stick up my nose (Covid-19 test)
The morning arrived when I had to take the Covid-19 test. This morning. And while I have heard horror stories about the feeling of having...
Viva Sarah Press
- Sep 22, 2020
- 2 min
WFH in the days of remote learning
I wake up early but don’t get to my desk until late. As a work from home mom, there are no traffic jams en route to my computer. There...
Viva Sarah Press
- Aug 10, 2020
- 2 min
An outstanding failure
“You could fail. Do you understand that? I don’t want you to be overly upset if you fail,” I explain, hoping that he’ll still try.
Viva Sarah Press
- Jul 16, 2020
- 1 min
Staying optimistic in the Israeli Covid-19 balagan
Israel has lost control of Covid-19 infections, according to news reports. And while the government is threatening to shut down the...
Viva Sarah Press
- Jul 7, 2020
- 1 min
Covid-19 lockdowns may lead to social unrest. They may also lead to social action.
"There will be vandalism.” That was a pull quote in today’s Hebrew media, following news that Israel is heading to a second Covid-19...
Viva Sarah Press
- Jun 17, 2020
- 3 min
5 tips to make online webinars more interactive and fun
Covid-19 changed the speakers’ circuit. No more face-to-face banter with audiences, no more raising hands, or nodding faces. Now, when...
Viva Sarah Press
- May 10, 2020
- 1 min
The people we meet (memories from my travels)
Flipping through old photo albums, I came across dozens of photographs of nature and landmarks from past journeys and the memories I...
Viva Sarah Press
- May 7, 2020
- 1 min
Zoom talks on the impact of Covid-19-inspired innovation
Covid-19 has been a catalyst to amazing innovation everywhere. After all, necessity and challenges are often the main ingredients of...
Viva Sarah Press
- Apr 21, 2020
- 2 min
So many stories to tell about Israeli innovation in the time of Covid-19
Why is Israeli innovation so prominent during the novel coronavirus epidemic? On the one hand, the tech sector here, as elsewhere, has...
Viva Sarah Press
- Apr 21, 2020
- 2 min
Crash course in mindfulness (aka sharing office space with a 12-year old ‘colleague’)
Shortly before the coronavirus epidemic sent us into social distancing isolation, I started to dabble in mindfulness, an art of focusing...
Viva Sarah Press
- Apr 15, 2020
- 1 min
An art class with my 12-year old daughter
Art is therapeutic. During this Coronavirus isolation, my daughter spends hours drawing or painting. For today’s Coronavirus creativity,...
Viva Sarah Press
- Apr 14, 2020
- 1 min
Flushing COVID-19 down the toilet
People are flushing all sorts of things down the toilet. And it is clogging up the world's sewage systems. Since the toilet paper drought...
Viva Sarah Press
- Apr 3, 2020
- 1 min
Mourning from a distance in the time of Coronavirus
Today, April 3, I had plans to be in Canada. For the Passover school vacation, which was supposed to begin two days ago. To celebrate the...
Viva Sarah Press
- Mar 29, 2020
- 1 min
Coronavirus creativity: Country cubes
The 10-year old decided to make flags of countries battling Coronavirus with a Rubik's cube. He also wanted to know if I could trademark the
Viva Sarah Press
- Mar 27, 2020
- 1 min
Cheese, please: Lifeline to businesses caught in Coronavirus lockdown
Coronavirus lockdown strand businesses with surplus stock. Social media. Israelis. Help.
Viva Sarah Press
- Mar 21, 2020
- 1 min
Keeping up with Coronavirus jokes and memes
Coronavirus jokes and memes are taking over the Internet. Many are internationally hilarious. The joke translates. But in Israel, there's...
Viva Sarah Press
- Mar 17, 2020
- 1 min
Remember this photo: It tells a story we won't soon forget
The Western Wall has been photographed millions of times. This site is holy and spiritual for billions of people. You’ve seen photos of...
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