Israel has more people vaccinated per capita than anywhere else in the world and just rolled out a system designed to return cultural and economic life to pre-pandemic paradigms with an important caveat - you have to be vaccinated to participate! We will look at the successes and challenges of Israel’s vaccine rollout and address […]
This academic year, Professor Haim Suchowski (Tel Aviv University) and Professor Frank Jacobitz (University of San Diego) are co-teaching a course titled “Innovations in Israel” via Zoom. The course connects students and professors in Israel and San Diego using examples of Israeli innovation as a springboard for classroom learning and discussion. You're invited to "sit […]
Join Mor Shilon, MGSDII Visiting Israeli Professor at UCSD, and other Israeli educators who are advancing social change through campus-community partnerships. Using the Israeli Arab town of Jisr az-Zarqa as a case study, the panelists will discuss their research and intervention in the poorest village in Israel, making technological capital accessible for Jisr’s residents. With the […]
An online discussion of the award-winning film, "Incitement", which chronicles the true events leading to the murder of Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. Acclaimed director and co-writer Yaron Zilberman and Professor Yoram Peri, author of "The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin" (Stanford University Press) and a former political advisor to Prime Minister Rabin, will discuss the […]
Link to Join Webinar https://zoom.us/j/95973302532 Webinar ID: 959 7330 2532 OCTOBER 23-25 | The Joyce Forum Jewish Short Film Festival, will feature the two MGSDII Emerging Israeli Filmmaker award winning shorts from the Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival. October 26, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | RSVP to watch the award winning shorts and hear from the […]
Tuesday, August 11 | The MGSDII invites Salon Series Members to 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 distant safe event. Arrive at 6:45 p.m. for picnic, movies start at 7:45 p.m. Limited spots, register today by […]
The MGSDII is excited to announce that two award-winning filmmakers from Israel will be in San Diego for an Artist in Residence program. During the first three weeks in February 2020 they will screen their films in university classes. The filmmakers, Tal Inbar and Yotam Knispel, are this year’s winners of the Tel Aviv International […]
CSUSM students and the community will have a rare opportunity to hear from Moshe Zonder, head writer of the first season of Fauda, the first Israeli television series to be released as a Netflix Original. The setting is the flashpoint of a 50 year-long conflict, and Zonder believes that they have made not only a […]
The MGSDII And The Hive Invite You To An Exclusive San Diego Sneak Preview Of Golda With The Film's Creators, Udi Nir & Sagi Bornstein. Two showings to choose from! Evening Tuesday, August 6, 7:00pm The Hive at Leichtag Commons SOLD OUT - Event has reached capacity. Daytime Wednesday, August 7, 11:30am The Hive at […]
This summer, the Kinneret College in Israel is hosting the 35th Annual Meeting of The Association for Israel Studies, June 24-26, 2018. The annual AIS conference is hosted each year by a different academic institution, in collaboration with the AIS Board. The theme of the conference is Images and Realities: Land of Promise to Startup Nation? […]