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 […]
SDSU presents a dynamic discussion with Ambassador Ido Aharoni on the relationship between Israel and the USA after October 7. Co-sponsored by the Center for Intercultural Relations, the College of Arts and Letters, the Department of English and Comparative Literature; Jewish Studies; Hillel, and the Presidential Task Force on Combating Antisemitism. Please click here for […]
Join Judge Rachel Barkai to hear how the judiciary defends democracy in Israel. Judge Barkai is the Vice President of the Tel Aviv District Court of Appeal and currently an MGSDII Visiting Professor at USD Law School and Cal Western School of Law. This event will be moderated by Eli Berman, a professor at the […]
The JCC Tapestry brings together educators from across the nation to offer a diverse range of hands-on learning, thought-provoking sessions, and engaging experiences. This year, the event focuses on the vibrant intersection of community, education, and Jewish culture. Featured among the speakers are two MGSDII Visiting Professors: Higher Education Under Fire: Perspectives from Israel, Europe […]
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 […]
This Peace in Israel Week, Hillel of San Diego is proud to host Yossi Klein Halevy, author of “Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor” at UC San Diego on Wednesday May 14, 2025. Join us for an evening of thoughtful discussion led by UCSD Student, Shani Menna. Please click here for more information.