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March 2021
Israel’s Space Innovation and Education with CEO of the Ramon Foundation, Ran Livne
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 in" for a special experience when the class hears from guest speaker, Ran Livne, CEO of the Ramon Foundation. Israel's Ramon Foundation is named for Colonel Ilan…
Find out more »What San Diego Can Learn from Israel’s COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout: Successes & Challenges
Israel has more people vaccinated per capita than anywhere else in the world. Join Dr. Manfred Green, Director of the Masters in Public Health program and Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Haifa, and Dr. Eyal Oren, Director of the School of Public Health at San Diego State University, for an in-depth discussion about the "vaccination of Israel," lessons learned from Israel's response to the pandemic, and societal implications moving forward. To register for this event, please fill out…
Find out more »April 2021
Jerusalem Live! Modern Dance Performance, Followed by “Talk” with the Artist and Choreographer
"Premier" Israeli Dance Performance A Muslim and a Jew. A choreographer and a dancer. Both born and raised in Jerusalem. Both looking for the moment when everything will freeze and it will finally be possible to breathe. Join the MGSDII and the c.a.t.a.m.o.n. Dance Group in Jerusalem and see how dance can become an international language which can bridge cultural differences and be used as a tangible tool for social change. View a trailer for the performance HERE. To register…
Find out more »May 2021
Jerusalem Unearthed: Recent Archaeological Discoveries and Significance
Join Professor Yuval Gadot, lead archaeologist at the "City of David," and Tom Levy, UCSD Professor, for an in depth discussion of the excavation's latest discoveries in this contested site in Jerusalem. Jerusalem is maybe the most excavated place on earth and still basic questions regarding its history are fiercely debated between scholars. Yuval will present new findings from the on-going excavations at Jerusalem and the "City of David" and explain how they contribute to our understanding of the city…
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