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The CJM Yom Ha’atzmaut Celebration is supported by the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund.
Sunday, Apr 8, 2018 • 12pm–2pm
ADMISSION: Free in the Koret Taube Grand Lobby
To celebrate Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israel Independence Day) catch the large projection of videos from Technion—Israel Institute of Technology’s Rube Goldberg Machine School Challenge.
Watch a sample video at the link below!
The Technion invites teams of high school students (9–12) from schools around the world to create themed Rube Goldberg machines. This challenge encourages students to use out-of-the-box problem-solving and teamwork to build a multi-step, chain-reaction machine, and creatively incorporate themed elements and texts into their entries.
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The CJM Yom Ha’atzmaut Celebration is supported by the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund.
Public Programs are made possible by the Koret Foundation and The Al and Rosanne Levitt Fund for Public Programs.
The Art of Rube Goldberg was conceived by Creighton Michael; developed in cooperation with Heirs of Rube Goldberg, LLC, New York, New York; and curated by Max Weintraub. The tour was organized by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC. The Contemporary Jewish Museum of San Francisco’s presentation is presented on occasion of The CJM’s Tenth Anniversary in its Daniel Libeskind-designed building.
Lead sponsorship is provided by Gaia Fund, Maribelle and Stephen Leavitt, and Nellie and Max Levchin. Major sponsorship is provided by Dorothy R. Saxe. Patron Sponsorship is provided by Fred Levin and Nancy Livingston, The Shenson Foundation, in memory of Ben and A. Jess Shenson; and Amy and Matt Berler. Supporting sponsorship is provided by David Agger; Riva and David Berelson, in memory of Gita and Henry Baigelman; Pacific Heights Plastic Surgery; Joyce B. Linker; and Marilyn and Murry Waldman. Additional support is provided by Ron and Barbara Kaufman and Scott Ullman.
The Contemporary Jewish Museum thanks the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for its lead sponsorship of the Museum’s exhibition program.
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