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New talk: Israeli innovation in the time of Coronavirus
As the Coronavirus pandemic spreads, the global community is looking to emerging technologies to help fight the outbreak. Israel is a...

Viva Sarah Press
Mar 30, 20201 min read


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 29, 20201 min read


Therapeutic clown vs. Clown therapist
A copy of this blog appears on Oshi the clown's blog, too. I met a girl who was a ball of energy. She was electric. Bounced off walls....

Viva Sarah Press
Mar 29, 20202 min read


Cheese, please: Lifeline to businesses caught in Coronavirus lockdown
Coronavirus lockdown strand businesses with surplus stock. Social media. Israelis. Help.

Viva Sarah Press
Mar 27, 20201 min read


100 meters radius: Coronavirus lockdown
Israel announced a tighter lockdown policy: up to 100 meters from home. How far is 100 meters? I took the kids out to check. It was our...

Viva Sarah Press
Mar 26, 20201 min read


Sharing my work space with 3 colleagues under the age of 12
The coronavirus changed my work from home schedule to include three kids as my new WFH colleagues. Water-cooler talk is usually about...

Viva Sarah Press
Mar 25, 20201 min read


Here’s what I learned when I taught a Zoom class
When the Education Ministry can’t decide if distance-learning is good for elementary school pupils or not, the parents step in to keep...

Viva Sarah Press
Mar 24, 20201 min read


Piano lessons in the time of Coronavirus
Piano lesson. Coronavirus. Social distancing. Video platform. This is how my 10-year old son keeps up with his piano lessons during the...

Viva Sarah Press
Mar 22, 20201 min read


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 21, 20201 min read


Outlawed Playgrounds
Police tape at the playground. Slides, swings, seesaw, monkey bars. All cordoned off. You know the situation is serious when local...

Viva Sarah Press
Mar 20, 20201 min read


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...

Viva Sarah Press
Mar 17, 20201 min read


The media and Covid-19
Journalists have a huge role to play in the coronavirus health crisis: to report the facts and to keep the public knowledgeable.

Viva Sarah Press
Mar 14, 20203 min read


הרצאות מקוונות בעידן הקורונה
אני מאוד אוהבת לחלוק את הסיפורים על השפעות הטכנולוגיה על חיי היום יום שלנו בתחומים רבים. כעיתונאית שמסקרת את עולם החדשנות -- ובמיוחד...

Viva Sarah Press
Mar 13, 20201 min read


Good morning digital classroom!
This morning, less than 24 hours after Israel announced the shuttering of schools as part of the country’s measures to curb the spread of...

Viva Sarah Press
Mar 13, 20201 min read


In Israel, coronavirus is breeding humor
There is nothing funny about the coronavirus health crisis. Well, strictly speaking that is. If you put aside the seriousness of the...

Viva Sarah Press
Mar 11, 20201 min read


Can speaking gigs postponed by Coronavirus convert to video?
One email. Then another. And then, unfortunately, another. The coronavirus outbreak is threatening to wipe out a good part of my income....

Viva Sarah Press
Mar 9, 20201 min read


Integrity: Those who lack it, don't understand it
I worked at a job once where cutting corners was not just par for the course; it was the main directive. From go, the accuracy and...

Viva Sarah Press
Mar 8, 20202 min read


כשטכנולוגיה, ספורט ובריאות נפגשים
כחלק משבוע הספורט\חינוך גופני בליידי דייויס תל אביב הגעתי להרצות על מה קורה כשטכנולוגיה, ספורט ובריאות נפגשים. אני לא ספורטאית. לא רופאה....

Viva Sarah Press
Mar 6, 20201 min read


Coronavirus in Israel: There aren't six degrees of separation
Israel, it is often said, is so small that the oft-cited concept of Six Degrees of Separation doesn’t hold. This is a country where it...

Viva Sarah Press
Mar 4, 20202 min read


How to tell stories of innovation
It’s one thing to hear about this innovation nation and quite another to connect to this ingenuity. That’s a challenge I try to solve in...

Viva Sarah Press
Feb 25, 20201 min read
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