Katya’s Hand – Joyce Forum Jewish Short Film Festival

Lawrence Family JCC I Jacobs Family Campus 4126 Executive Dr, 4126 Executive Dr, La Jolla, CA, United States

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 […]

Israeli Shorts Happy Hour with Winning Filmmakers from the Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival

Lawrence Family JCC I Jacobs Family Campus 4126 Executive Dr, 4126 Executive Dr, La Jolla, CA, United States

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 […]

Salon Series Welcome Reception for Spring 2025 Visiting Israeli Professors

Private Home

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 […]

Classroom Collaboration Student & Faculty Dinner

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

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 […]

Higher Education Under Fire: Salon Series Roundtable with Dr. Nehama Lewis

Private Home

Hosted at a private home in La Jolla  Join us for an intimate discussion with Professor Nehama Lewis about the unique challenges facing Israeli researchers and educators in Israel since 10/7. Dr. Lewis will offer a personal account of her life in Israel during the war, and the ways in which Israeli researchers have persevered […]

Roni Kuban in Conversation with Hen Mazzig

Lawrence Family JCC I Jacobs Family Campus 4126 Executive Dr, 4126 Executive Dr, La Jolla, CA, United States

Join Roni Kuban, MGSDII Visiting Professor at SDSU for Fall 2025 and renowned Israeli journalist, director, playwright and documentarian, as he interviews Hen Mazzig, activist, author, and founder of Mizrahi Heritage Month. A leading voice for Mizrahi Jews, Mazzig’s work reaches millions through viral campaigns and impactful storytelling.  This is sure to be a powerful […]

Salon Series Welcome Reception for Fall 2025 Visiting Israeli Professors

Private Home

We warmly invite you to an intimate dinner reception to meet our Fall 2025 Visiting Professors. Join us as we introduce and hear from journalist Roni Kuban, one of the most prominent documentarists and interviewers in Israel; Professor Tal Elmaliach and Professor Erez Ben-Yosef, leading experts in Modern and Ancient Israel History; and Professor Dekel […]

Roni Kuban – A Moment of Truth: Conversation on the Art of Interviewing

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

Through stories and video excerpts, Roni Kuban will reveal his professional secrets: how to build intimacy, ask the toughest questions, and spark authentic conversation in any encounter, whether with presidents, artists or in everyday life. Join Israel’s most prominent journalist and host of the award-winning TV program “Meeting”, as he shares behind-the-scenes stories from over […]

Weizmann Institute of Science’s David Gokham, PhD, Presenting in San Diego

Salk Institute 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA

How DNA Changes Made Us Human Friday, November 7, 2025 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM: Full Symposium 1:30 PM - 2:10 PM: Dr. Gokhman's Lecture Salk Institute or Online MGSDII is proud to support the collaboration between Weizmann Institute of Science and CARTA that brings Dr. David Gokhman to present in-person in San Diego on […]

Salon Member Dessert & Discussion: The Hostages are Home: What’s Next?

Private Home

  Salon Member Dessert & Discussion The Hostages are Home: What's Next? Israel and the Middle East at a Crossroads: From October 7 to Today and Beyond Monday, November 10, 2025 7:00 PM Private Home in La Jolla RSVP early to ensure you spot.  Attendance is limited. This event is only open to Salon Members. […]