Sofaer International Case Competition at Tel Aviv University

The MGSDII awarded four travel scholarships to UCSD Rady School of Management MBA students to compete in the prestigious Sofaer International Case Competition at Tel Aviv University! The San Diego team will compete against eight global teams from leading business schools worldwide. Each year, 8 global teams from leading business schools worldwide compete alongside the Tel Aviv University team for the […]

Visiting Israeli Professor Speaking Series, Adi Shany

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“Moving to Opportunity – ‘Operation Solomon’: How Immigrating from Ethiopia to Israel While in the Womb Can Affect Life Development” Adi Shany earned her Ph.D. in Economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Specializing in the economics of education and human resources, her recent publications include “Out of Africa: Human Capital Consequences of In Utero Conditions,” […]

Nir Bergman, Award Winning Israeli Director

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Bergman is one of Israel’s most acclaimed directors. He is the co-creator of BeTipul (In Treatment), the successful Israeli television series that inspired several international adaptions including shows on HBO. His feature films have won awards at some of the most prestigious international festivals. His film “Broken Wings” won the Best Film at the Jerusalem Film […]

MGSDII Brings San Diego Community to Experience the 2017 Jerusalem Biennale!

Twenty-three San Diegans joined Biennale founder, Rami Ozeri and were welcomed by Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat for a very special week long art tour. This highly curated trip featured visits to the homes of Israeli collectors, artists’ workshops, and a behind the scenes VIP visit to the world-renowned Israel Museum, led by chief curator of […]

Curated Art Exhibit with Visiting MGSDII Faculty Member, Morad Elsana

For this year’s Sukkot** celebrations, the MGSDII invited the Jerusalem-based artist collective Sala-Manca Group to curate an exhibition, film screening, and artist talk on two of their recent projects. Absentee Landscapes and Eternal Sukkah represented two distinct yet equally inspiring projects that reimagined a quintessential symbol of Jewish culture – the sukkah. This informational exhibition told story […]

Yossi Sucary, Bestselling Israeli Author

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Sucary writes in a universal perspective about issues of identity and place. His books deal with meta physical questions, as well as with socio-political question of Oriental Jews in Israel and world-wide. Sucary has received a number of exclusive literature prizes for his work: the Brenner Prize for Hebrew Literature, the Prime Minister Prize for […]

David Ofek, Renowned Writer and Director

Ofek premiered his films In Between and No. 17 in San Diego at the San Diego Jewish Film Festival and CSUSM for their Fall 2017 MediaMakers Series. In Between tells the story of a marriage between a secular and ultra-orthodox couple. Another one of his popular films, No. 17, tells the story of a bus bombing in Tel Aviv and the search […]

Ronit Ziv, Acclaimed Israeli Choreographer & Dancer

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One of Israel’s most active choreographers, Ziv has performed and created work for dance and theater companies in Israel, Europe, and the former Soviet Union since 1999. An experienced teacher, she taught Batsheva – The Youth Ensemble for three years and currently teaches at the Maslool Professional School for Dance in Tel Aviv, a current […]

USD Tours Tiijuana/San Diego Border with Visiting MGSDII Israeli Professor, Tamar Arieli

On January 16th, Tamar Arieli, visiting MGSDII Israeli Professor, accompanied students from University of San Diego’s Masters in Social Innovation on a full day visit to Tijuana. Tamar shared about the similarities and differences between Israel’s borders and those of the U.S. and Mexico.  Led by Dr. Everard Meade, Director of the Trans-Border Institute at USD’s […]

SDSU and Technion Joint Engineering Capstone Project

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San Diego State University, under the guidance of Professor Joseph Katz, and Technion, under the guidance of Professor Gil Yudilevitch and Professor Oded Naveh, cooperated in providing their senior students an aeronautical engineering design capstone project, whereby teams of five students from both schools worked together to develop a proof of concept for an efficient […]