MGSDII Visiting Professor, Acclaimed Poet and Feminist, Maya Tevet Dayan at Jewish Poets-Jewish Voices

Rehearsal Room, LFJCC 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla, CA, United States

Join The MGSDII and The Lawrence Family JCC for the opening kickoff of the Jewish Poets-Jewish Voices 2023-24 Season. Award-winning, local Jewish poets, including Felicia Morgenstern, Maya Tevet Dayan of the Murray Galinson San Diego-Israel Initiative (MGSDII), and Larry Gach, will read their work. An open mic and a reception to meet the poets will […]

MGSDII Salon Series Screening with Filmmaker Uri Bar-On

Tuesday, December 5  Hosted at a Private Home in Del Mar Featuring Uri Bar-On, MGSDII Visiting Professor at SDSU  What do you do when a rocket falls on your head? Join The MGSDII for an inside look at the human angle of the “intractable conflict”. Uri Bar-On shares his documentary, “Under the Iron Dome” and […]

Israeli Shorts Happy Hour with Winning Filmmakers from the Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival

Lawrence Family JCC I Jacobs Family Campus 4126 Executive Dr, 4126 Executive Dr, La Jolla, CA, United States

The 34th 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, White Lie by Eyal Elisha, Letter to a Pig by Tal Kantor, and Requiem for a Whale by Ido Weisman. Purchase your Film Festival ticket today and receive […]

Book Club Salon with MGSDII Visiting Israeli Professor, Dr. Dekel Shay Schory

Private Home

MGSDII Salon Members are invited to join this special one-time book club event with MGSDII Israeli Visiting Professor, Dr. Dekel Shay Schory. Dekel is a senior editor at Kinneret-Zmora-Dvir, one of the leading publishing houses in Israel and teaches contemporary Israeli Literature at Hebrew University and Ben Gurion University. We will read the Israeli best-seller, […]

Tapestry 2.0 with MGSDII Visiting Israeli Professors

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Join MGSDII and the Center for Jewish Culture at Tapestry 2.0 on Sunday, April 7th, for a day of experiential learning opportunities, enthralling sessions, immersive learning, and a celebration of all things community, education, and Judaism. MGSDII Visiting Israeli Professors will host separate sessions in their areas of expertise. CLASS BLOCK 1 | 10:15 AM […]

Israel After October 7th

Private Home

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 […]

Salon Series Welcome Reception for Fall 2024-2025 Visiting Israeli Professors

Private Home

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 […]

We Will Dance Again

Lawrence Family JCC I Jacobs Family Campus 4126 Executive Dr, 4126 Executive Dr, La Jolla, CA, United States

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

Lawrence Family JCC I Jacobs Family Campus 4126 Executive Dr, 4126 Executive Dr, La Jolla, CA, United States

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 […]