Murray Galinson San Diego-Israel Initiative (MGSDII)
seeks to strategically promote, support and catalyze knowledge discourse and interaction on the modern state of Israel through scholarship, engagement and collaboration.
Visiting
Faculty
Visiting Israeli university faculty and filmmakers teach at San Diego universities.
Classroom Collaborations
Faculty-led student research trips between universities in San Diego and Israel.
Emerging Filmmakers
Artists in Residence visit from the Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival
About Murray Galinson
“My dad was a huge proponent of social justice and secondary education.”
Laura Galinson, Murray’s daughter
Our Impact
We bring Israeli professors to teach at San Diego universities and law schools, create collaborative learning and travel, curate Israeli filmmaker and artist residencies, and more.
940
students have taken Israeli Studies courses
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students from Israel and San Diego have participated in academic exchanges
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visiting Israeli professors have taught 62 classes on modern Israel
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Paige Milgrom-Hills2023-09-12 22:16:022023-09-12 22:44:52MGSDII 2023-24 Emerging Filmmaker, Ido Weisman, featured in New Yorker Documentary review
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Paige Milgrom-Hills2023-09-06 22:35:462023-09-06 22:35:46MGSDII Renews San Diego Student Scholarship to Pursue M.F.A. at the Prestigious Tisch Film and Television School at Tel Aviv University
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Paige Milgrom-Hills2023-08-08 20:57:562023-08-08 20:59:13MGSDII Classroom Collaboration Professor Shares Thoughts on Israel Archeology Boycott with San Diego Jewish World