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For me, every day is ice cream day. But officially, today, July 21, is National Ice Cream Day in the US. Actually, July is National Ice Cream Month. So, I've been celebrating properly so far. National Ice Cream Month kicked off in the US in 1984. Former President Ronald Reagan signed it into public law on July 9, 1984. When it comes to ice cream, Israel is known for its creative flavors. Just last week I had chocolate-pretzel and pistachio-white chocolate. Both flavors were d

Every July, I get to speak to groups of American university students who come to Israel for internships. This year, I had the opportunity to speak to four groups. The first three events included speed talks on Israeli innovation: I had between eight to 13 minutes to highlight why the Israeli culture is so creative and how I cover it as a journalist and speaker. At the fourth event (coming up next week), I'll have a luxurious 45 minutes to talk about the wild ideas coming out

“So, what is it that you do?” That was a message that recently made it into my inbox. It’s a good question. What I do probably fits into the “multi-creative” category. I give talks on innovation stories. I write and edit articles and content. I give workshops on blogging and telling stories. I’m a school clown. So, I do a number of things. It depends on the time of day when I’m doing what. Being a multi-creative, though, doesn’t mean I’m indecisive. I simply like to do differ

$100 million. That’s about how much the Beresheet spacecraft mission cost to put Israel in Lunar Orbit. It’s also the sum an international consortium is set to invest in Israeli food tech and agritech initiatives, in Kiryat Shmona. What else can you do with $100 million? A whole lot. Obviously. And when we’re talking about innovation – and a country of innovators – there are oodles of wild ideas just waiting to be converted into global solutions via collaboration or investmen

Google’s new report on what makes the perfect manager will get everyone who has had a great boss – or a terrible one – nodding or shaking her head. Unsurprisingly, the 10-year study shows that managers with top emotional-intelligence skills make for a better boss than those with superior technical skill. I say ‘unsurprisingly’ because today’s educational curriculum is all about focusing on EQ soft skills – as a way to ensure the next generation for education and career succes

This is so cool! Beresheet is on the official National Geographic Moon Map. National Geographic just published a new Moon Map with a list of all the probes and landers on the lunar surface, “the legacy of human efforts to explore it.” Beresheet is there. It is the purple splotch. Yes! An Israeli craft is on the Moon! And that is awesome. The Beresheet story is one of inspiration. My kids grew up with it – I’ve been reporting on it since Kfir, Yonatan and Yariv decided to shoo