A few days before this event, Israel’s Supreme Court will hear the appeal over the judicial overhaul plan. Join the MGSDII with Visiting Professors Dr. Amos Nadan, Deputy Director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Tel Aviv University, and special guest Dr. Maya Tevet Dayan, Israel’s most famous feminist poet, for […]
Register by clicking HERE. Join Charlene Seidle and Haneen Mgadlh for brunch and discussion to get to know six Jerusalemite changemakers in “Voices of Jerusalem,” a series of short films directed by the award-winning team that brought the world State of Jerusalem and other documentary journalism. Through in-depth, highly personal looks at day-to-day life in Jerusalem, these […]
The MGSDII is thrilled to announce the Fourth Annual Esther Fischer Emerging Israeli Filmmaker Artist in Residence program. Tal Comay and Ben Ziv, two young, award-winning filmmakers of the Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival (the largest of its kind in the world), will meet students and faculty as they present in university classrooms throughout […]
Dine with San Diegan and Israeli students and professors from two MGSDII-funded collaborative research projects. Through the MGSDII, San Diegan and Israeli professors and their classes study in student-to-student and professor-to-professor collaborations. The MGSDII has funded opportunities between SDSU and the Technion, led by Professor Joe Katz, and USD and the Azrieli College of Engineering, […]
Anti-Semitism is at near historic levels across the globe, including in the United States. Meir Litvak (MGSDII Visiting Professor) will speak about Modern Islamist anti-Semitism and its effect on global perceptions of Israel in the changing Middle East. He will be joined by renowned scholar Jonathan Sarna, expert in American anti-Semitism, as they discuss global […]
Join the MGSDII and the creator of the smash Netflix series Shtisel for an intimate look into the making of the show. Together, we will visit the Geula neighborhood of Jerusalem with the man behind the stories! VIP boxed supper and meet and greet: 5:00 p.m. PDT Seating for general admission opens: 6:00 p.m. PDT […]
For the past three years, the MGSDII has funded a University of San Diego- Azrieli College of Engineering: Water Innovation professor-led student collaboration. This permanent USD course explores Israel’s innovation in water engineering. Students learn first-hand the similarities between California and Israel, a leading expert in sustainability and innovation. The Azrieli students will be visiting […]
We invite you to an intimate cocktails and small plates dinner reception to welcome three of the six 2021-2022 Visiting Israeli Professors. Join us as we introduce Ori Elon, creator of Shtisel, Meir Litvak, professor of Mid-East and Israeli-Arab Relations, and Mor Shilon, professor of Urban Studies and Planning. This event is exclusively for university […]
You’re invited to the MGSDII's first in-person event since the start of the pandemic - enjoy a private screening of Israeli short movies on the Leichtag Commons Farmhouse lawn. Bring your own picnic dinner and movie snacks to this socially-distanced safe event. Arrive at 6:30 p.m. for picnic, films start at 8:00 p.m. Limited spots. To register for this event, […]
Join Tel Aviv University Professor Yuval Gadot (lead archaeologist at the "City of David" and head of the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures) and UC San Diego Professor Tom Levy (Norma Kershaw Chair in the Archaeology of Ancient Israel and Neighboring Lands) for an in depth discussion of the excavation's latest discoveries in this contested […]