CSUSM MediaMakers Series Hotel Everest

The MGSDII sponsored a screening of the film Hotel Everest at CSUSM to over 300 students. The film explores a literal hotel on the border of Israel and Palestine. The hotel sits at one of the very few locations between Israel and Palestine where members of both communities are able to interact with one another. In the […]

Celebrating Israeli Shorts Films with Israeli Filmmakers in Residence

The MGSDII, in partnership with the Joyce Forum Jewish Short Film Festival, hosted two award winning young Israeli short filmmakers (one Jewish and one Arab) for an Artist in Residence program for two weeks in October 2018. The filmmakers, Moshe Rosenthal and Eli Rezik (bios below), participated in master classes at universities throughout San Diego […]

Sneak Preview with Director Moshe Rosenthal of “Our Way Back,” Starring Lior Ashkenazi

Leichtag Commons 441 Saxony Road, Encinitas, CA, United States

6:00pm | Private Home The MGSDII will offer a rare first look at visiting Israeli filmmaker Moshe Rosenthal’s latest short film, “Our Way Back,” starring Lior Ashkenazi. Hear first hand over wine and lite bites the process to film this masterpiece, as well as the upcoming buzz being talked about as Moshe prepares to screen at […]

Welcome Our 2018/2019 Visiting Israeli Professors

5:30pm | Leichtag Commons The MGSDII will host an intimate farm to table dinner party to welcome and introduce the six 2018/2019 visiting Israeli professors. This dinner is for university faculty partners and MGSDII SALONSERIES supporters.

Neighborhoods Unveiled in the City of Gold with MGSDII Visiting Israeli Professor, Marik Shtern

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

Marik Shtern, MGSDII visiting professor at UCSD is a researcher at the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, where his field of research is the geography of Jewish-Arab relations in Jerusalem. He specializes in the sphere of community empowerment and strategic consulting for third sector organizations (civil society) in the fields of social and political change […]

Inside Fauda with Screenwriter Moshe Zonder

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

A rare opportunity to hear from Moshe Zonder, head writer and director of the first season of Fauda, the first Israeli television series to be released as a Netflix Original. The setting is the flashpoint of a 50 year-long conflict, and Zonder believes that they have made not only a deft work of entertainment but […]

Green-Love Associated Students with MGSDII Visiting Israeli Professor, Gilad Shtienberg

SDSU 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA, United States

12:00-2:00pm | SDSU, Open to the Public | Aztec Student Union Gilad Shtienberg, MGSDII visiting professor at UCSD (2018/2019) will present his findings on long-term climate change in Israel and make comparisons and contrasts to the San Diego landscape. This event is produced in partnership with Green Love, SDSU’s sustainability association. For more information and […]

MGSDII and Leichtag Foundation Bring Jerusalem Biennale to San Diego

The Hive at Leichtag Commons 441 Saxony Road, Encinitas, CA, United States

Following a unique art activism trip to Israel this past fall, the MGSDII is excited to bring a touring exhibit of the Jerusalem Biennale to San Diego for the wider community to enjoy. Join Biennale founder, Rami Ozeri and the Leichtag Foundation’s, Chaya Gliboa, as they engage in an intimate exploration into the themes of […]

In Search of King Solomon’s Mines with Visiting MGSDII Professor, Erez Ben-Yosef

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

Archeologist Erez Ben-Yosef, MGSDII visiting professor at UCSD, presents his latest discoveries in Southern Israel. Uncovering a 3,000-year-old fortified trading post, and the copper mining camps it protected, Ben-Yosef and his team thought, “Are these the gates to King Solomon’s mines?” Dating techniques put it squarely in the era of stories from the Bible about […]

$15 – $18

MGSDII Visiting Israel Professor to Speak at Congregation Beth El

Congregation Beth El 8660 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, United States

Citizenship, Identity Politics and Nation Building: Differences in Holocaust Memory Work Among Jewish-Israeli High School Students -- with Yehuda Goodman Thursday, January 31, 2019 6:00 Dinner (Registration Required) 7:20 Lecture (Free) Congregation Beth El 8660 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92037 --- The Holocaust plays a central role in the grand narrative of the State […]

Free