Murray Galinson San Diego-Israel Initiative (MGSDII)
seeks to strategically promote, support and catalyze knowledge discourse and interaction on the modern state of Israel through scholarship, engagement and collaboration.
Visiting
Faculty
Visiting Israeli university faculty and filmmakers teach at San Diego universities.
Classroom Collaborations
Faculty-led student research trips between universities in San Diego and Israel.
Emerging Filmmakers
Artists in Residence visit from the Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival
About Murray Galinson
“My dad was a huge proponent of social justice and secondary education.”
Laura Galinson, Murray’s daughter
Our Impact
We bring Israeli professors to teach at San Diego universities and law schools, create collaborative learning and travel, curate Israeli filmmaker and artist residencies, and more.
4000+
students have taken Israeli Studies courses
340
students from Israel and San Diego have participated in academic exchanges
45
visiting Israeli professors have taught 73 classes on modern Israel
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Paige Milgrom-Hills2024-07-16 18:18:562024-07-16 22:35:40UCSD UP-Hub 2024 Update
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Paige Milgrom-Hills2024-05-01 22:18:522024-05-01 22:18:52Academic Freedom Must be Protected – A Statement from The Association for Israel Studies
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Paige Milgrom-Hills2023-12-18 23:45:032024-01-11 01:04:13MGSDII Professor Featured on UCSD Panel Discussion on Israel-Hamas War