``It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience[...] To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.'' Carl Sagan, The Pale Blue Dot
Outreach
In the last years, I have been involved in outreach in four different countries and in three different languages! Below is a partial list of outreach events I have been involved in.
2018: the International Space week
Lecture in a bar of Jerusalem.
2018: Lecture at the Christ Church high school of Nazareth
as part of the Weizmann Institute "Rishonot Ba Mada" program for linking female students in the STEM fields with various schools in Israel.2017:Invited speaker at "Taasieda"
a year-long program bringing space industries to Israeli high schools.2017:Lecture at the "Shekulo tov" group
for people with psychiatric disabilities.2016:Lecture to the "Science sparks"
a program to promote science education within the Israeli Ethiopian community (Rehovot, Israel).2016:Lecture to soldiers and officers
of the Air Force Intelligence Branch (Rehovot, Israel).2016 :Pi day in Tel Aviv
lecture in a Tel Aviv venue as part of the "Pi day" celebrations
2015 :Astronomy at the Tel Aviv French school
lecture to children of ages 6 to 16 at the Marc Chagall French school (Tel Aviv, Israel).
2015 :Astronomy with holocaust survivors
AMCHA centre (Rehovot, Israel)2015 :Astronomy in the "Gaza envelope"
Lecture in several communities affected by shelling during the 2014 conflict (Talmey Yosef, Israel).2015 :Lecture at the women prison Neve Tirza
Lecture to the prisoners (Ramle, Israel).2015 :Lecture at TAU Astro-club
Lecture to the students and members of Tel Aviv University Astronomy club
2014:Stargazing at Middlebury Language school
. Design of a program of stargazing nights and guided visits at the Middlebury observatory (Vermont, USA).2014:The London ''Israeli Salon TED talk''
With the members of the ''London Israeli Salon'', we took a trip back to the ''time'' of the Big Bang! Check this amazing video for a great explanation of what we call the ''Big Bang'' and should instead call the ''Everywhere Stretches''.
2013:University of London Observatory in Mill Hill, University of London
guide for the 2012/2013 season of public tours, (London, UK).2013:WOW talk at London Apple Store
What does inspire people to follow their dreams? In this WOW talk at London Apple store, in November 2013, I was requested to answer what inspired me to study astrophysics.2013:Israel Space week and Space Education Conference, Herzliya, Israel.
Guide for School visits.2011:The Coventry Astronomy Show, Coventry, UK.
At the Coventry astronomy show, in 2011, we took a trip through all the universe scales.2010:Rollin Primary School, Paris, France.
Lecture to school students.