Professor Steven E. Zipperstein has been appointed as Director of the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies as of July 1, 2025. Prof. Zipperstein is a scholar of the legal history of Israel–Palestine.
It is with great sadness that we share this news. Abner served on the Center's Community Advisory Board since its inception in 2010 and was deeply committed to the Center's mission.
Extreme religious political ideas have entered mainstream Israeli politics because the religious right has spent the last decade focused on promulgating ideas, building institutions and integrating rightist religious organizations from the settlements into the Likud Party, said Rami Hod at a Y&S Nazarian Center event in winter 2025.
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.
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.
February 21, 2025: Former Center Director Professor Dov Waxman is interviewed for a CNN article.
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.
February 8, 2025: International Policy Digest published an article by the Center's 2024-25 Goldstine Undergraduate Fellow, Zack Apt.
February 5, 2025: Former Center Director Professor Dov Waxman is interviewed for LAist's podcast "AirTalk" about President Trump's comments on the possible U.S. "takeover" of Gaza.
December 2024: Former Center Director Professor Dov Waxman is interviewed for the Doha Forum's Viewpoint Series about the future of Israel and Gaza.
Extreme religious political ideas have entered mainstream Israeli politics because the religious right has spent the last decade focused on promulgating ideas, building institutions and integrating rightist religious organizations from the settlements into the Likud Party, said Rami Hod at a Y&S Nazarian Center event in winter 2025. Thursday, April 24, 2025
A list of articles and books to provide needed information on the unfolding war between Israel and Hamas.Friday, October 13, 2023
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