The curator of the Kibbutz Be’eri art gallery, which was destroyed by Hamas terrorists on October 7, has said that creativity can be “a tool that turns pain into hope”.
Sofie Berzon Mackie said: “We can defy the death and violence that has destroyed our past with this beautiful tool we have — a tool that turns pain into hope. The tool of creation. We can begin to heal and light the way back home.”
Berzon Mackie, who was speaking at a London auction held by the British Friends of the Art Museums of Israel (BFAMI), called on guests to join her in “nurturing life where it has been destroyed”.
The kibbutz was one of the worst hit communities on October 7, with 118 of its residents murdered or kidnapped by Hamas. One in five of the adults living on the community were killed, said Berzon Mackie.
