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“We wanted to dazzle visitors with nity when he went to Braga, Portugal,
TION
A COMMEMORA
magnificent experiences, exposing in September 2018, for an anniversary A COMMEMORATION
them to scientific principles and to the celebration at the United Nations Inter-
vast research possibilities in the natural national Iberian Nanotechnology Lab- Join our community as we commemorate
sciences,” Garini said. oratory (INL). the Night of Broken Glass.
To encourage fruitful collabora- He bought some kosher items at
tions between artists and scientists, the local supermarket, and the cashier SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2021
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SUND
, NOVEMBER 7, 2021
about seven years ago, Garini and Yiz- asked if he had a loyalty card.
rael organized a hackathon bringing “I said, ‘No, I don’t live here.’ 3:00 pm • Via Zoom
together 30 BINA scientists and 40 art- And then she asked if I had come for (registration required)
ists from various disciplines. the INL summit. I said, ‘How do you
After presenting their works and know?’ And she told me that everyone SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER
AME HELEN HYDE
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ideas to each other, they formed teams in town was planning to go to the gala DAME HELEN HYDE
and brainstormed for two days on pos- that night. Even the supermarket ca- World renowned Holocaust
sible exhibits. shier.” and Genocide Scholar
This process continued for nearly Fixler realized at that moment the
a year and resulted in the creation of potential for BINA to engage and de-
more than 20 art-science collabora- light the public. The museum, he says, On November 9,1938, the Nazis unleashed pogroms against
Germany’s Jewish community, known today as Kristallnacht,
tions. Thirteen of these formed the core will offer hands-on activities for adults or the Night of Broken Glass.
of the museum’s first exhibition. and children in addition to continuing
Engaging the public exhibitions. We remember. We commemorate. We stand up against
Fixler, who took over the directorship For more information, please visit antisemitism and all expressions of hatred, together.
in 2017, said he understood just how en.nanomuseum.org.il/.
much science could excite the commu-

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Ela Goldman’s spinning and resting tops carry fluorescent molecules to illustrate Prof. Dror Fixler’s
experiments using gold nanoparticles to detect disease (photo by Michael Amar)

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