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UPCOMING EVENTS

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The New U.S. President and the Impact on the MENA Region
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
10:00 AM (Pacific Time)
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Israel's Palestinian-Arab Citizens: Why They Play by the Rules
Hybrid Event
Thursday, November 14, 2024
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM (Pacific Time)
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To Be a Jewish State: Zionism as the New Judaism
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM (Pacific Time)

CENTER NEWS

Announcing the First Recipient of the Center's Diane & Guilford Glazer Foundation Distinguished Fellowship

Oct 30, 2024: The UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies is pleased to announce that the premier recipient of the Diane & Guilford Glazer Foundation Distinguished Fellowship is Rami Hod, Israeli public-policy specialist and social justice and education lecturer and commentator.


Axios – Gaza war defines a generation's perspective on Israeli-Palestinian conflict

October 5, 2024: Professor Dov Waxman is interviewed for an article published by Axios.


AirTalk – What to know about Iran's missile attack and Israel's operations in Lebanon and...

October 2, 2024: Professor Dov Waxman is interviewed for an episode of the AirTalk podcast.


The World Today – Strained relationship between US and Israel

October 2, 2024: Professor Dov Waxman is interviewed for an episode of The World Today podcast.


ABC News Daily – Is an Israeli invasion of Lebanon next?

September 24, 2024: Professor Dov Waxman is interviewed for an episode of the ABC News Daily podcast.



MULTIMEDIA

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Coca-Cola, Black Panthers, and Phantom Jets: Israel in the American Orbit, 1967-73

On October 24th, Oz Frankel, Associate Professor of History at the New School for Social Research, discussed his new book Coca-Cola, Black Panthers, and Phantom Jets: Israel in the American Orbit, 1967-73 in an online......

Younes Nazarian Memorial Lecture
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A Year After October 7: Reclaiming the Humanist Legacy of Zionism

Upon the one-year anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, Professor Fania Oz-Salzberger presents the case for Zionism's humanist legacy as a vital key for "the day after," and for prospective agreements between......

DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE

Welcome to the Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at UCLA. Israel is a small country that looms large in public and academic discourse. The passions it evokes often present obstacles to nuanced analysis and civil discussion. Understanding the complexities of modern Israel requires knowledge from many academic disciplines and an awareness of multiple viewpoints and narratives. Through a commitment to academic rigor, interdisciplinary teaching and scholarship, and... (read more) 

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