People
Director
- Arieh Saposnik
Director, UCLA Younes & Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies;
Gilbert Foundation Chair
Associate Professor, Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
Visiting Scholars
- Orit Gazit-Lederman, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral Fellow - Ayelet Harel-Shalev
Research Fellow - Jasmine Lin
Center Administrator - Maura Kleeman Resnick
Deputy Director, Nazarian Center for Israel Studies - Neil Netanel
Professor, School of Law - Norman Abrams
Professor Emeritus, Law - Carol Bakhos
Associate Professor of Late Antique Judaism and Jewish Studies - Arnold Band
Professor Emeritus of Hebrew & Comparative Literature - Stuart Gabriel
Professor, Arden Realty Chair- Anderson School - Neil Netanel
Professor, School of Law - Shelley Salamensky
Assistant Professor - William Schniedewind
Professor of Biblical Studies & Northwest Semitics - Steven L. Spiegel
Professor, Political Science and Director, Center for Middle East Development
Staff
Past Director
Israel Studies Faculty Advisory Board
Israel Studies Community Advisory Board
Sharon S. Nazarian, Chair
Norman Abrams
Bob Chartoff
Joyce Chernick
Robin Gerber-Carnesale
Patty Glaser
Abner Goldstine
Sherry Lansing
Gerald Levey
Soraya Nazarian
Younes Nazarian
Jehuda Reinharz
Victoria Simms
Jack Weiss
Richard Ziman
Friends of the Nazarian Center
- Ada Horwich, Co-Chair
Cindy Winebaum, Co-Chair