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UPCOMING EVENTS

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Citizen Azmari: Rethinking Blackness, Anti-Blackness, and Ethiopian Music in Israel

Tuesday, May 6, 2025
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Pacific Time)

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Youth, Social Media, and Iran-Israel Relations: Digital Bridges and Cyber Battlegrounds

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Pacific Time)

Live Musical Performance by Miqedem

Tuesday, May 27, 2025
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

CENTER NEWS

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The religious right and democratic backsliding in Israel

April 24, 2024: An article on Rami Hod's talk at the Y&S Nazarian Center in winter quarter 2025 looks at how extreme religious ideas have entered mainstream Israeli politics and weakened its democracy.

Read the English version of Dr. Tamar Hofnung's Haaretz article

April 16, 2025: The article "The public will vote but have no influence—and the beauty is that there's no need to change the flag or the anthem" by Dr. Tamar Hofnung, the Center's Israel Institute Fellow, was published in Hebrew by Haaretz on March 31, 2025.

Beverly Press and Park Labrea News – UCLA exhibition shares diverse stories from Israel

April 10, 2025: An article by Beverly Press and Park Labrea News covers a photography exhibition at Hillel at UCLA, which the Y&S Nazarian Center co-sponsored.

CNN – Trump's antisemitism order leaves US colleges uncertain and bracing for crackdown

February 21, 2025: Former Center Director Professor Dov Waxman is interviewed for a CNN article.

Daily Bruin – Former Israeli politician Yossi Beilin talks peace in Israel-Palestine conflict

February 11, 2025: UCLA's student-run newspaper Daily Bruin published an article covering the Center's recent Harry C. Sigman Distinguished Lecture, "Is Israeli–Palestinian Peace Possible in the Foreseeable Future?" which was presented by veteran peace negotiator Dr. Yossi Beilin.

MULTIMEDIA

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Virtual Project Launch

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All the Points: Interactive Online Mapping of Settlement in the Israeli-Palestinian Region (1840-2023)

On April 28th, 2025, Dr. Daniel Stein Kokin officially launched his digital mapping project of the Israeli-Palestinian Region in an online event co-organized by the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies and the Schusterman......

A Return to a Zionism for the Future

Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller draws on foundational texts by Zionist thinkers in an attempt to frame a Zionism of values that has the potential to inspire a new generation....

DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE

The UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, situated in the International Institute, provides academic discourse about Israel addressing the past and the present. With Israel in the news on an ongoing basis, nuanced and informative discussion rests on civil discourse. Through our programs, webinars, and podcasts we invite you to engage in the exploration of historical and cultural experiences of Israel and its people. Students can engage with a wealth of offerings through courses, programs, and... (read more)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications Due Dec 9th
Apply for the Center's 2025-27 Postdoctoral Fellowship by Dec 9, 2024! This two-year fellowship in Israel Studies aims to support the work of exceptional scholars at an early stage of their careers. Learn More & Apply Here.

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Our newsletter summarizes the Center's impressive range of programs & podcast episodes, research achievements, sponsored UCLA courses, new developments, and media presence throughout the 2023–24 Academic Year. Click Here to Read & Download..

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