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Nazarian Center to Host First Israel Studies Conference Held on West Coast

Former Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben Ami to deliver keynote address.

The “Gaza Doctor” Abuelaish: Feminism Will Deliver Peace to the Middle East

On April 18, 2013, the Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies hosted Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, acclaimed physician, author and humanitarian, in a public talk entitled “Perspectives on Peace, Health & Hope: A Gaza Doctor's Journey from Personal Tragedy to a Search for Peace and Human Dignity”.

Israel in all of its complexity

Israeli journalist Natasha Mozgovaya highlighted Prime Minister Netanyahu’s stinging setback in the January 2013 parliamentary elections and a new political focus on simmering domestic issues.

UC finalizes study abroad agreement with top Israeli university

UCLA's Nazarian Center for Israel Studies is now working to secure scholarship support for students to spend a semester at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev beginning in fall 2013.

A Conversation with Acclaimed Israeli-Arab Writer Sayed Kashua

Arab-Israeli author speaks at UCLA.

A video interview with Professor Hagit Lavsky

Hebrew University Professor Hagit Lavsky, the Nazarian Center Visiting Scholar for Winter and Spring quarters of 2011, talks about her experiences teaching at UCLA.

Award-winning author, satirist is coming to Dodd Hall

Sayed Kashua will speak about his work and share his views about life in Israel at UCLA on April 26

"Dissolving Localities" - A multimedia portrait of Jerusalem by Emmanuel Witzthum

Podcast introduction of an audio/visual project in which the sights and sounds of daily life in Jerusalem are transformed into a work of art.

Israeli Responses to the Arab Spring

Professor Gerald Steinberg speaks on Israel's reaction to the recent events in the Middle East.