MGSDII Salon members are invited to join us for an in-person conversation with Professors Yoav Alon and Dan Rabinowitz Join us for an opportunity to talk about Israel’s foreign relations, Israeli–Palestinian and Arab relations, and Israel’s domestic politics and societal relations with two visiting professors teaching in San Diego, all of whom were in Israel […]
We invite you to an intimate cocktails and small plates dinner reception to welcome four of the eight 2024-2025 Visiting Israeli Professors. Join us as we introduce Giora Goodman, professor of history; Asa Maron, professor of sociology; Maya Negev, professor of environmental health; and Tom Shoval, award-winning filmmaker. This event is exclusively for MGSDII Salon […]
Thursday, September 19th Doors Open at 6:45pm Screening Begins at 7pm, Followed by Panel of MGSDII Visiting Israeli Professors Join the Murray Galinson San Diego-Israel Initiative, Impact Cubed, and the Center for Jewish Culture for the San Diego premiere of We Will Dance Again, a harrowing glimpse through the eyes of the individuals who endured […]
June Zero Wednesday, November 20th Doors Open at 6:45pm Screening Begins at 7pm, Followed by a Talk Back with June Zero writer and MGSDII Visiting Israeli Professor, Tom Shoval Join the Murray Galinson San Diego-Israel Initiative and the Center for Jewish Culture for a special screening of June Zero. This unusual take on Adolf Eichmann’s trial and […]
Katya's Hand Saturday, November 23rd at 7pm 7th Annual Joyce Forum Jewish Short Film Festival - Program 6 Followed by a Talk Back with Katya's Hand Filmmaker and MGSDII Visiting Israeli Professor, Tom Shoval Join the Murray Galinson San Diego-Israel Initiative at the 7th Annual Joyce Forum Jewish Short Film Festival for a screening of Katya's Hand and […]
Israel and the American Media with Dr. Giora Goodman Thursday, December 12 | 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Luncheon Hosted at a Private Home Dr. Giora Goodman lives with his family on a kibbutz in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel. He is a faculty member at Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee, where […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
