http://www.international.ucla.edu/israel/ The Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies leads the way in the study of Israel as a modern Jewish and democratic state. en-us http://www.international.ucla.edu/israel/images/intl_israel.png http://www.international.ucla.edu/israel/ Sayed Kashua will speak about his work and share his views about life in Israel at UCLA on April 26 http://www.international.ucla.edu/israel/news/article.asp?parentid=125404 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:00:10 PDT Hadag Nahash discusses music and politics with UCLA audience. http://www.international.ucla.edu/israel/news/article.asp?parentid=124661 Fri, 2 Mar 2012 13:14:44 PDT Award-winning band Hadag Nahash will be on campus later this month http://www.international.ucla.edu/israel/news/article.asp?parentid=124283 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:25:37 PDT One Day University brings Israel expertise to the community http://www.international.ucla.edu/israel/news/article.asp?parentid=124112 Thu, 2 Feb 2012 14:45:09 PDT Yossi Klein Halevi will be on campus Nov. 16 and 17. http://www.international.ucla.edu/israel/news/article.asp?parentid=122747 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:31:04 PDT A three-part documentary series exploring Israeli culture, politics and identity begins Sept. 26 with "The Name My Mother Gave Me." http://www.international.ucla.edu/israel/news/article.asp?parentid=122298 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:21:23 PDT The Nazarian Center for Israel Studies is pleased to name Lisa Weisshar winner of the first UCLA Undergraduate Israel essay competition. http://www.international.ucla.edu/israel/news/article.asp?parentid=121704 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:06:02 PDT In an event marking Yom Ha-Atzma’ut, the Israeli day of independence, members of the public and the UCLA community engaged in a discussion with award-winning director Yael Katzir on her latest film, set against the backdrop of the Lebanon war of 2006. http://www.international.ucla.edu/israel/news/article.asp?parentid=121213 Mon, 16 May 2011 12:13:44 PDT Minister of National Infrastructure Uzi Landau speaks on national resources and the unrest in Arab countries, in a talk sponsored by UCLA's Younes & Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. http://www.international.ucla.edu/israel/news/article.asp?parentid=120096 Thu, 3 Mar 2011 10:07:51 PDT The event, which was attended by Jacob Dayan, Israel's consul general in Los Angeles, and Sherry Lansing, vice chair of the UC Board of Regents, honored the Iranian American couple whose foundation has donated a total of $5 million to create the new center. http://www.international.ucla.edu/israel/news/article.asp?parentid=117696 Thu, 7 Oct 2010 10:16:02 PDT The Y & S Nazarian Family Foundation has made donations totaling $5 million to the university, which helped establish the Israel Studies Program in 2005 and created an endowment for the center. http://www.international.ucla.edu/israel/news/article.asp?parentid=115548 Wed, 2 Jun 2010 13:51:11 PDT Rand Corporation and Israel http://www.international.ucla.edu/israel/news/article.asp?parentid=115314 Fri, 14 May 2010 16:37:45 PDT Professor Arieh Saposnik explores notions of the sacred and the profane in the founding of Jewish institutions in turn-of-the-century Palestine. The event represented a milestone for the Israel Studies Program, which was founded five years ago. http://www.international.ucla.edu/israel/news/article.asp?parentid=113984 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:20:26 PDT Professor Arieh Saposnik, cultural historian of Israel and Zionism, joins UCLA faculty as Gilbert Chair in Israel Studies http://www.international.ucla.edu/israel/news/article.asp?parentid=111631 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:20:40 PDT The recent conflict in Gaza wasn't a war between Israelis and Palestinians, nor between Israelis and Arabs, but a clash of civilizations pitting Israel against Iran and extremist groups supported by the Islamic state, said Jacob Dayan, the Israeli consul general for the U.S. Southwest, at a talk on campus. http://www.international.ucla.edu/israel/news/article.asp?parentid=104042 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:56:49 PDT