MGSDII 2023-24 Emerging Filmmaker, Ido Weisman, featured in New Yorker Documentary review
A Deathly Rorschach Test in “Requiem for a Whale”
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MGSDII Renews San Diego Student Scholarship to Pursue M.F.A. at the Prestigious Tisch Film and Television School at Tel Aviv University
The MGSDII is proud to renew a scholarship to San Diego student,…
MGSDII Receives Gift to Establish an Israeli-San Diego Urban Planning Research and Teaching Hub Between UC San Diego (UCSD) and the Technion Institute of Technology in Haifa
With the goal of advancing social and environmental…
MGSDII Classroom Collaboration Professor Shares Thoughts on Israel Archeology Boycott with San Diego Jewish World
Despite Boycott, UCSD Prof. Plans Exchange Program with Tel Aviv…
MGSDII Classroom Collaboration Professor Writes “Anthropology Boycott of Israeli Universities is Misguided and Discriminatory”
Anthropology Boycott of Israeli Universities is Misguided and…
Sage Journal Publishes Past MGSDII Visiting Professor
"Ideology, environment, and open space in conflict arenas: The…
MGSDII featured in San Diego Jewish World
Program Builds Connections Between Israeli Academics and Local…
Watch: What’s Happening in Israel – Voices from MGSDII Alumni
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MGSDII Offers San Diego Student Scholarship to Pursue M.F.A. at the Prestigious Tisch Film and Television School at Tel Aviv University
The MGSDII is proud to offer San Diego student, Colby Smith,…
MGSDII Emerging Filmmaker, Tal Inbar, Premieres Documentary at 2022 DOC NYC Film Festival
Tal Inbar, 2020 Esther Fischer Emerging Israeli Filmmaker Artist…
Visiting Professor, Haim Suchowski, Speaks at SDSU Club
Dr. Haim Suchowski spoke this week at an event held by SDSU's…
Israeli Innovator, Haim Suchowski, Teaches Engineering at USD
If the 20th century was the century of the electron (think electronics,…
A Snapshot of MGSDII’s Impact
Founded in 2016, the Murray Galinson San Diego-Israel Initiative…
Watch: Israel’s English-Language Media and its Jewish-American Readers
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Watch: MGSDII Through the Lens – Israel’s Success in Television!
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The Girl from Oslo has…
Watch: Global Antisemitism – A Zoom Conversation with Meir Litvak and Jonathan Sarna
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Anti-Semitism is at near…
Watch: Conflict and Cohesion – A Test of Shared Society in Israel
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Watch: The Latest Archaeological Excavations in Jerusalem – Digging in a Glass House
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Watch: Private Screening of “The Museum” with Director Ran Tal and Special Guests
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Watch: Jerusalem Live! Modern Dance Performance, Followed by “Talk” with the Artist and Choreographer
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“Premier” Israeli…
Watch: What San Diego Can Learn from Israel’s COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout: Successes & Challenges
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Oscar Nomination Win For MGSDII Emerging Filmmaker!
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Film has the ability to cross…
MGSDII Partners with UC Berkeley for Global Internship Program in Israel
UC Berkeley’s Global Internship Program in Israel is launching…
Watch: Israel’s Space Innovation and Education with CEO of the Ramon Foundation, Ran Livne
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This academic…
Watch: “Here We Are” Director’s Talk with Nir Bergman
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Watch: San Diego Sneak Preview of “Our Natural Right”
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WATCH: Exclusive San Diego Virtual Screening and Talk with the Filmmaker of “Children of the Sun”
Join Ran Tal, Children of the Sun filmmaker, for an in-depth…
WATCH: Visiting Israeli Professor Discusses Bringing Technological Capital to Israeli Neighborhoods
Hear from Mor Shilon, MGSDII Visiting Israeli Professor at UCSD,…
WATCH: MGSDII Salon Series, “Tehran”
The Murray Galinson San Diego-Israel Initiative (MGSDII) hosted…
WATCH: Normalization Between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Why Did It Happen and Why Now?
The Murray Galinson San Diego-Israel Initiative (MGSDII) hosted…
“Golda” Virtual Screening and Discussion, Watch Now!
The MGSDII was proud to sponsor a screening of the new documentary…
Visiting MGSDII Professor’s Research Featured in “The New Yorker”
Erez Ben-Yosef, former Visiting MGSDII Professor, was featured…
Hear What USD Students Have to Say About Their Academic Trip to Israel
For the second year in a row, the University of San Diego (USD)…
MGSDII Partners with UCLA Center for Israel Studies for Summer On-line Course
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Spend the Summer in Jerusalem, San Diego Film Students Invited to Apply!
This 6-week summer program is a career boosting once in a lifetime…
MGSDII Awards Scholarship to Master Student Studying Anthropology in Israel
The MGSDII was proud to award a scholarship to UCSD Master student,…
Call for Visiting Scholars!
MGSDII Visiting Faculty Program
The Murray Galinson San Diego-Israel…
MGSDII Jerusalem Film Workshop Films Featured in La Jolla Light
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MGSDII Awards Three Full-Ride Scholarships to Participate in the Jerusalem Film Workshop in Israel this Summer
Three San Diego university students were accepted to participate…
Research Conducted by MGSDII Visiting Israel Professor – Ancient Fort Linked to Biblical Battles Found Off Coast of Israel
Underwater archaeology is helping to transform our knowledge…
Professor and MGSDII Partner Published in Washington Post, Reflects on Poway Tragedy
CSUSM Professor and MGSDII partner, Ibrahim Al-Marashi, was published…
MGSDII Welcomes Students from Technion University to SDSU
As part of an ongoing partnership between SDSU and Technion University,…
MGSDII Partners with Tel-Hai College to offer Summer Course
The MGSDII is partnering with Tel-Hai College to offer a course…
MGSDII Offers San Diego Student Scholarship to Pursue M.F.A. at the Prestigious Tisch Film and Television School at Tel Aviv University
The MGSDII is proud to offer San Diego student, Alexandria Rivetti,…
See What’s Happening in MGSDII University Classes
The MGSDII staff recently had the opportunity to see our visiting…
MGSDII Partners with Tel Aviv University to Offer an M.F.A. in Documentary Cinema
Application Deadline: May 1, 2019
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Photo Updates from USD Class Studying in Israel
The MGSDII awarded a grant to the University of San Diego to…
Interested in How Students are Learning in the Classroom?
The MGSDII sat down with Visiting Israeli Professor, Luba Levin-Banchik,…
SpaceIL (Israel’s first Lunar Spacecraft) Launches
In November 2016, Yonatan Winetraub, Co-Founder of SpaceIL,…
Watch MGSDII Visiting Israeli Professor on San Diego News Channel
Ronit Weiss-Berkowitz, MGSDII visiting professor at SDSU, was…
Spend the Summer in Jerusalem, San Diego Film Students Invited to Apply!
This 6-week summer program is a career boosting once in a lifetime…
Research Updates from MGSDII Visiting Professor – The “Indiana Jones” of Israel
The MGSDII is proud to host Erez Ben-Yosef as a visiting professor…
First Ever Modern Israel Course Coming to University of San Diego (Winter 2018 – Spring 2019)
Following a MGSDII funded research trip to Israel, USD Engineering…
MGSDII Funds Joint UC San Diego Scripps Center for Marine Archaeology – University of Haifa Project (Fall 2017 through Fall 2019)
Professor Tom Levy of UCSD and Professor Assaf Yasur-Landau…
SDSU and Technion Joint Engineering Capstone Project (February 2019)
SDSU and Technion senior students will work together over Skype…