Israeli Shorts Happy Hour with Winning Filmmakers from the Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival

Lawrence Family JCC I Jacobs Family Campus 4126 Executive Dr, 4126 Executive Dr, La Jolla, CA, United States

The 35th Annual San Diego International Jewish Film Festival will feature the three MGSDII Emerging Israeli Filmmaker award-winning shorts from the Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival, Voiceless Witness and Winter Flowers by Nikolay Kouleshov and Benny Shklovsky, and Foreign by Efrat Rasner Shefa. Purchase your Film Festival ticket today and join us at 2:30pm […]

Salon Series Welcome Reception for Spring 2025 Visiting Israeli Professors

Private Home

We invite you to an intimate happy hour to welcome our Spring Semester 2024-2025 Visiting Israeli Professors. Join us as we introduce Ambassador Ido Aharoni, Judge Rachel Barkai, Dr. Nehama Lewis, Dr. Asa Maron, and Dr. Meir Edrey. This event is exclusively for MGSDII Salon Series Members. Our evening will take place at a Private Home […]

America and Israel Relations Post 10/7: Talk with Ambassador Ido Aharoni

SDSU Parma Payne Goodall Alumni Center

SDSU presents a dynamic discussion with Ambassador Ido Aharoni on the relationship between Israel and the USA after October 7. Co-sponsored by the Center for Intercultural Relations, the College of Arts and Letters, the Department of English and Comparative Literature; Jewish Studies; Hillel, and the Presidential Task Force on Combating Antisemitism. Please click here for […]

The Judiciary as Gatekeeper of Democracy: Talk by Judge Rachel Barkai

UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy Robinson Building 1, Elizabeth Libby Gardner Room, La Jolla, CA

Join Judge Rachel Barkai to hear how the judiciary defends democracy in Israel. Judge Barkai is the Vice President of the Tel Aviv District Court of Appeal and currently an MGSDII Visiting Professor at USD Law School and Cal Western School of Law. This event will be moderated by Eli Berman, a professor at the […]

JCC Tapestry Features Two MGSDII Visiting Professors

Lawrence Family JCC I Jacobs Family Campus 4126 Executive Dr, 4126 Executive Dr, La Jolla, CA, United States

The JCC Tapestry brings together educators from across the nation to offer a diverse range of hands-on learning, thought-provoking sessions, and engaging experiences. This year, the event focuses on the vibrant intersection of community, education, and Jewish culture. Featured among the speakers are two MGSDII Visiting Professors: Higher Education Under Fire: Perspectives from Israel, Europe […]

Classroom Collaboration Student & Faculty Dinner

The Hive at Leichtag Commons 441 Saxony Road, Encinitas, CA, United States

Our Classroom Collaboration students spend a term exploring a unique facet of modern Israel and forging bonds that will last a lifetime. Our program embeds an in-person week dedicated to group projects and presentations. This year, we are thrilled to have three of our Israeli cohorts in San Diego simultaneously. Students from Technion University and […]

Bridging the Divide: Lecture with Yossi Klein Halevi

UCSD Price Center Theater

This Peace in Israel Week, Hillel of San Diego is proud to host Yossi Klein Halevy, author of “Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor” at UC San Diego on Wednesday May 14, 2025. Join us for an evening of thoughtful discussion led by UCSD Student, Shani Menna. Please click here for more information.

Israel Today: Threats and Opportunities, with Ambassador Ido Aharoni

UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy Robinson Building 1, Elizabeth Libby Gardner Room, La Jolla, CA

Join us for a timely discussion exploring the complex security challenges, geopolitical dynamics and emerging opportunities facing Israel in the current regional and global landscape. Ambassador Ido Aharoni of Israel will provide insights into the nation's strategic decisions, internal developments and evolving international relations. This event will be moderated by Eli Berman, a professor at UC […]

Israel in Turmoil: A Sociological Perspective: Lecture by Dr. Asa Maron

UCSD Osher Institute of Lifelong Learning

Israel society is in turmoil since January 2023, when a new right-wing government advanced a disputed reform in Israel's democratic regime, triggering a massive wave of protest and demonstrations. Since October 7, 2023, Israel is at war on multiple fronts, while heated domestic conflicts reach new heights. This lecture sheds light on these events by […]

Higher Education Under Fire: Salon Series Roundtable with Dr. Nehama Lewis

Private Home

Hosted at a private home in La Jolla  Join us for an intimate discussion with Professor Nehama Lewis about the unique challenges facing Israeli researchers and educators in Israel since 10/7. Dr. Lewis will offer a personal account of her life in Israel during the war, and the ways in which Israeli researchers have persevered […]