Israel’s Solution for a Water-Starved World, A Seminar and Discussion with Author Seth Siegel

Speaking to over 175 students and faculty at UC San Diego, Siegel shared from his New York Times best selling book and detailed how much San Diego can learn from Israel. Beyond securing its own water supply, Israel also created a high-export industry in water technology, a timely example of how countries can build their economies while making the […]

San Diego-Israel Rain Barrel Project

Israeli science teacher and inventor Amir Yechieli flew to San Diego in February to install new rainwater harvesting systems at two schools in San Diego and one in Encinitas, bringing with him the potential to change how water is viewed and used in Southern California and beyond. The rainwater harvesting program was funded by The […]

San Diego-Israel Water Conferences

Leichtag Commons 441 Saxony Road, Encinitas, CA, United States

The Initiative hosted the first ever San Diego-Israel Water Roundtable in partnership with Sustainability Matters, the City of San Diego, and Mayor Kevin Faulconer at the Rady School of Management’s Ernest & Evelyn Rady Sky Pavilion on March 2. The purpose of this roundtable was to bring San Diego and Israel, two leaders in water […]

To the Moon and Beyond with Yonatan Winetraub, Co-Founder of Space IL

Winetraub recently toured UC San Diego, USD, and SDSU as part of a speaking series put on by the MGSDII. Over 300 students and faculty learned how SpaceIL is making history as part of a global Moon race sponsored by Google to place an unmanned spacecraft on the Moon’s surface before the mission deadline of […]

California State University, San Marcos Dance Studies: Shahar Biniamini, Internationally Acclaimed Choreographer & Dancer

The MGSDII was proud to host Shahar Biniamini, visiting Israeli choreographer, as he taught three master classes at CSUSM. Biniamini was born in 1988 in Lod, Israel. He danced in Batsheva Ensemble from 2006-2008 and in Batsheva Dance Company from 2008-2013. Today, as an independent dancer and artist, Shachar creates artworks and dance works, shown in […]

Tasting Rooms and Wineries in Israel

A lively panel discussion was held at SDSU with guest viticulturists from Israel and SDSU Business of Wine certificate instructors. Over 80 students, faculty, and guests heard about the making of wine, as our international panel discussed the multi-faceted role of a winery’s tasting room. Dr. Michal Akerman from Tabor Winery, Eran Goldwasser from Yatir Winery, […]