Professor Dov Waxman, director of the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, is quoted in the article "More Democrats Than Ever Support The Palestinian Cause, And That's Dividing The Party" by FiveThirtyEight. The article focuses on the growing divide in the Democratic party's support for Israel due to the Israeli government's poor treatment of Palestinians.
Professor Dov Waxman, director of the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, is quoted in an article by The Jerusalem Post about AIPAC's (The American Israel Public Affairs Committee) new political action committee's endorsing candidates — a first in the organization's 70 years: "How is AIPAC's new strategy impacted by the Michigan win?"
Dov Waxman, director of the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, is quoted in a Haaretz article about the US Democratic Party's growing divide on the subject of Israel: "These Gay Progressive U.S. Lawmakers Agree on Most Things – but Not on Israel."
"Israel, Amnesty, and the Apartheid Accusation: A Wake-Up Call," an article written by Professor Dov Waxman, Director of the UCLA Nazarian Center, was published in Vol. 27 No. 1 & 2, 2022, of Palestine–Israel Journal. The article discusses Amnesty International's recent report charging Israel with the crime of apartheid.
A book review by Professor Dov Waxman, Director of the UCLA Nazarian Center, on Prof. Nir Kedar's new book David Ben-Gurion and the Foundation of Israeli Democracy (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2021) is published in Israel Studies Review. Waxman states the book "provides a timely and important affirmation of Israel's fundamental democratic character (at least within the ‘Green Line')."
A book review by Dr. Liron Lavi, the center's Research Fellow & Managing Editor of Currents: Briefs on Contemporary Israel, was recently published in the Spring issue (Vol 137, issue 1) of Political Science Quarterly. Dr. Lavi's review is on Continuity and Change in Political Culture: Israel and Beyond, edited by Aronoff, Yael, Peleg, Ilan, and Sarsar, Saliba.
Dr. Liron Lavi, the center's Research Fellow & Managing Editor of Currents: Briefs on Contemporary Israel, presented her paper "Democracy on the Ballot: Representation and Support for Democracy" at the 79th Annual Midwest Political Science Conference in Chicago on April 16th, 2022. The paper is co-authored with Clareta Treger, Naama Rivlin-Angert, Israel Waismel -Manor and Michal Shamir.
Dr. Ethan Pack, Lecturer in Comparative Literature at UCLA & Research Fellow at the Center, gave an online lecture for Valley Beth Shalom Synagogue on March 30, 2022, titled "How Hebrew Literature Gave Birth to the State of Israel."
Haaretz newspaper published an op-ed titled "Is Ukraine Europe's Palestine?" written by Prof. Dov Waxman, director of the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, about the recent comparisons drawn between Ukraine and Palestine.
Dov Waxman, director of the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, is quoted in a New York Times Magazine article on young Jewish Americans support for Israel: "Inside the Unraveling of American Zionism: How a new generation of Jewish leaders began to rethink their support for Israel."
We are delighted to announce a new three-part lecture series this fall on the "special relationship" between the United States and Israel, dating back decades. As the centerpiece of the series, distinguished professor and Wall Street Journal columnist Walter Russell Mead will deliver the annual Harry C. Sigman Distinguished Lecture in Israel Studies on "The Arc of a Covenant: The U.S., Israel and the Fate of the Jewish People."Thursday, September 22, 2022
At the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies' 10-Year Anniversary Celebration on April 11, the center raised nearly $800,000, which will be matched by the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation.Thursday, May 12, 2022
As the new coalition government in Israel enters its first week, UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies Research Fellow Liron Lavi offers a perspective on what is keeping this coalition together – and what could ultimately tear it apart.Tuesday, June 15, 2021
After a year of political deadlock and three elections, Israel is on the brink of finally getting a new government. Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies research fellow Liron Lavi explains what motivated Israelis to vote time and again and why, despite predictions, voter turnout actually increased, especially among Arab citizens of Israel.Monday, March 30, 2020
UCLA Law School student and study abroad scholarship recipient Amit Liran shares insights from his semester abroad at Tel Aviv University where he immersed himself in Israeli and international law in and outside of the classroom.Monday, March 18, 2019
Thanks to a scholarship from the Y&S Nazarian Center, transfer student Sebastian Feldman was able to study abroad in Israel - an experience he hoped for, but didn't expect would be possible.Thursday, February 28, 2019