Latest Past Events

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

Rehearsal Room, LFJCC 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla

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 Visiting Professor, Acclaimed Poet and Feminist, Maya Tevet Dayan at SDSU Living Writers Series

SDSU Love Library 5500 Canyon Crest Dr, San Diego

Join San Diego’s local literary communities on November 8th at SDSU's Living Writers' Series, one of the longest continuously running series in the nation. Maya Teva Dayan, Israeli poet and writer, is the recipient of the Israeli Prime Minister award for literature in 2018. She will read poems from her two critically acclaimed poetry collections. […]

The 6th Annual Joyce Forum Jewish Short Film Festival

LFJCC 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla

Join MGSDII at The 6th Annual Joyce Forum Jewish Short Film Festival, featuring shorts created by two MGSDII Israeli emerging filmmakers Saturday, October 14 - Lawrence Family JCC About the films: Parachutist - The film depicts the life of a downtrodden Ethiopian immigrant family through the eyes of the young boy Eli, who tries to […]