Past

Link to Join Webinar https://zoom.us/j/95973302532 Webinar ID: 959 7330 2532   OCTOBER 23-25 | The Joyce Forum Jewish Short Film Festival, will feature the two MGSDII Emerging Israeli Filmmaker award winning shorts from the Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival. October 26, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | RSVP to watch the award winning shorts and hear from the […]

An online discussion of the award-winning film, "Incitement", which chronicles the true events leading to the murder of Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. Acclaimed director and co-writer Yaron Zilberman and Professor Yoram Peri, author of "The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin" (Stanford University Press) and a former political advisor to Prime Minister Rabin, will discuss the […]

Join Mor Shilon, MGSDII Visiting Israeli Professor at UCSD, and other Israeli educators who are advancing social change through campus-community partnerships. Using the Israeli Arab town of Jisr az-Zarqa as a case study, the panelists will discuss their research  and intervention in the poorest village in Israel, making technological capital accessible for Jisr’s residents. With the […]

You're invited to watch “Children of the Sun" (winner of Israel’s “Oscar,” the Ophir Prize) and join the film’s creator, Ran Tal, for an in-depth discussion. Click HERE to view a trailer of the documentary. This brilliant film, made by one of Israel’s most important documentary filmmakers, tells the  story of 18 children born and raised in […]

Join MGSDII and the Hive as we shine the light on the Machane Yehuda Market in the heart of Jerusalem with a screening of "Meet Me in the Market." In 1962 Jackie Kennedy invited the world on a tour of the white house. In this performance, just like she did then, Jackie Kennedy (played by […]

Hillel students will meet and hear from award-winning Visiting MGSDII Israeli Filmmaker, Nitzan Gilady, for a candid discussion of how sexual identity and societal expectations generate some of the edgiest, most compelling topics in international film. This is a private event for Hillel students, staff, and their community partners. Co-sponsored by:

David Ben Gurion reading the Declaration of Independence of Israel Registration is closed Join filmmakers Udi Nir and Sagi Bornstein for a sneak preview of their new documentary, "Our Natural Right," directed by award-winning director Yulie Cohen ("My Terrorist"),  followed by a discussion with special guests featured in the film: Yulie Cohen, director of "Our […]

Following the premiere of Nir Bergman’s film, "Here We Are," at the San Diego International Jewish Film Festival, join the filmmaker himself for an exclusive talk and Q&A. Bergman is one of Israel’s leading film and TV writers/directors, including one of the creators of HBO’s "In Treatment."  Two years ago, he was a MGSDII visiting […]

This academic year, Professor Haim Suchowski (Tel Aviv University) and Professor Frank Jacobitz (University of San Diego) are co-teaching a course titled “Innovations in Israel” via Zoom. The course connects students and professors in Israel and San Diego using examples of Israeli innovation as a springboard for classroom learning and discussion. You're invited to "sit […]

Israel has more people vaccinated per capita than anywhere else in the world and just rolled out a system designed to return cultural and economic life to pre-pandemic paradigms with an important caveat - you have to be vaccinated to participate! We will look at the successes and challenges of Israel’s vaccine rollout and address […]