About

StreamingIsrael is a project of American-Israeli Lisha Sterling. The site started out as an experiment in live-streaming video with Qik and Flixwagon to show people what everyday life in Israel is really like. Unhappy with the low quality of the video that came out of cell phone live-streaming, Lisha decided to use pre-recorded videos instead.

Over time, she has added more variety to the content on the site. Today there are videos and photos taken by Lisha as well as content created by other people. Most video and photo entries are now posted with at least some explanatory text. Sometimes posts are text only.

The site's main focus is still the life of ordinary Israelis going about their daily lives, but occasionally there are essays about politics, religion, gender issues, ethnic issues, war or peace. The fact of the matter is that all of those are important parts of everyday life in Israel, too, and can't be ignored in an honest look at life here.

When she's not sharing a window onto Israel as she sees it, Lisha gets into all sorts of other trouble. She is a Web developer and Linux systems administrator. She advises small businesses and startups on how to use Open Source software and hardware to get more done more efficiently and on a reasonable budget. She is a reporter for CrictorNews. She writes fiction and poetry. And she coaches figure skaters at iSkate in Luna Park in Tel Aviv.

If you are interested in any of those other pursuits, you are invited to what she's writing about over at AlwaysSababa, her main professional Web site and blog.