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Viva Sarah Press

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...

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Educational clowning takes on elementary schools

“Leepa and Oshi are coming!!!!” one pupil shouted from the front gate of an elementary school. Within seconds, a gaggle of pupils from...

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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...

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I want to do that: Therapeutic clowning

Therapeutic clowning has fascinated me for years. As a journalist, I have the good fortune of meeting people from all walks of life....

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I don’t work on Sundays

I don’t work on Sundays. While many people around the world don’t work on Sundays, in Israel, where I’m based, Sunday is Day One of the...

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Pepper spray, educational clowning and a sea of cell phones

My school clowning took me to a high school in a low socioeconomic neighborhood of a central city in Israel. The students, we had been...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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And then one day I became a living statue

For the next three days, I’m going to stand in 30C-degree weather, in a sweat-inducing costume, with layers of makeup on my face, on a...