


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
Calling all university students! The MGSDII is proud to offer…


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
Selected from a San Diego county-wide university competition…

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
Located at the Tisch School…

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…