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
- 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
- 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
- Jun 18, 2020
- 2 min
A story of failure
An email arrived in my inbox with a link to a new trailer for a documentary series on education. And there I am, in a cameo, as my alter...
Viva Sarah Press
- Jun 2, 2020
- 1 min
First lesson: How to fail
“You need to understand that you will fail in this class. You will be frustrated. And fail.” Okay, I thought. My other two course-mates...
Viva Sarah Press
- Apr 26, 2020
- 1 min
Hello 72! Telling Israel’s New Innovation Stories
Israel’s 72nd anniversary is days away. This little country is brimming with exciting stories. Stories of making the impossible possible....
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
- Jan 8, 2020
- 2 min
How I failed to be a sniffling soprano
In 2018-2019, my alter ego, Oshi, worked in schools as an educational clown. I blog about my experiences in the different schools from...
Viva Sarah Press
- Jan 8, 2020
- 3 min
Top stories of the decade
There are hundreds of journalists writing from Israel about Israel. There are thousands of stories to tell. How to tell the stories is...
Viva Sarah Press
- Jan 4, 2020
- 1 min
Let’s Fail Together
What’s it like to brainstorm an idea and then make it happen? Amazing! The idea: A duet talk on failure. Yes, sharing a mic. And yes,...
Viva Sarah Press
- Nov 28, 2019
- 2 min
Yes, I’m excited to be in a promo as a face of failure
When I was interviewed for the Childhood Elsewhere documentary by journalist Zhou Yijun about education in Israel, I was filmed as my...
Viva Sarah Press
- Oct 16, 2019
- 2 min
A different version of myself
Two years ago, I crossed the lines of writing about the arts -- which I’ve done for over 20 years as a journalist -- to being in the...
Viva Sarah Press
- Jun 3, 2019
- 3 min
Why did a Chinese film crew follow educational clowns around an Israeli primary school?
Educational clowning is still making its mark in Israel. Of the thousands of schools in the country today, 11 have taken part in piloting...
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