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.
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.
Students who recently studied in Israel share diverse experiences from their time studying abroad thanks to funding provided by the Y&S Nazarian Center.
In Center Postdoctoral Fellow Shaiel Ben-Ephraim's course "Modern Israel: Politics, Society, Culture," students engaged with diverse viewpoints on the wide range of topics covered in the Spring Quarter class.
Students share their experiences from the master classes of two award-winning Israeli dance professionals hosted by the Y&S Nazarian Center and the Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance.
Students spoke with the Center about Visiting Assistant Professor Daniel Stein Kokin's Fall 2017 course, "Symbolic Places and Spaces in Modern Israel and the Palestinian Territories."
Valerie Braaten traveled to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Fall 2015 to continue her dance studies thanks to the Mudie-Glaser Scholarship for Study.
Semitics Master's student Marisol Fernandez ‘16 first encountered Israel's diverse communities while studying Hebrew in Jerusalem. Last summer, she delved deeper into the mosaic of Israeli society while learning Arabic in Haifa.
After studying Hebrew for three years, incoming senior Elizabeth Ho decided to spend a month in Israel over the summer immersing herself in the language thanks in part to support from the Nazarian Center.
Extreme religious political ideas have entered mainstream Israeli politics because religious Zionists have 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
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.
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