UCLA Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies

10/20/2026

Join us for tomorrow’s webinar, “The 70th Anniversary of the Sinai Campaign.”

Register to receive the Zoom link: http://bit.ly/UCLA_Sinai-Campaign

Join us on Wednesday, October 21st @ 10:00 AM Pacific / 1:00 PM Eastern / 18:00 UK / 20:00 Israel for a webinar featuring Ilan Troen, professor emeritus at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Brandeis University, who will discuss the historical and contemporary significance of the 1956 Sinai Campaign.

Learn More & Register: https://bit.ly/UCLA_Sinai-Campaign

Organized by the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. Co-sponsored by the UCLA History Department, the UCLA Department of Political Science, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development.

10/15/2026

Thank you to Lawrence Bender and Dr. Felicia Marie Knaul for joining us at our recent screening of Red Alert, commemorating the anniversary of October 7, 2023.

We are grateful to the UCLA students, faculty, staff, and community members who attended this meaningful event.

View the recording of the post-screening discussion: https://ucla.in/4s7xQEY

10/15/2026

Join us on Wednesday, October 21st @ 10:00 AM Pacific / 1:00 PM Eastern / 18:00 UK / 20:00 Israel for a webinar featuring Ilan Troen, professor emeritus at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Brandeis University, who will discuss the historical and contemporary significance of the 1956 Sinai Campaign.

Learn More & Register: https://bit.ly/UCLA_Sinai-Campaign

Organized by the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. Co-sponsored by the UCLA History Department, the UCLA Department of Political Science, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development.

10/05/2026

We have two exciting events this week!

Join us today for our webinar on environmental diplomacy in the Middle East. Register: https://bit.ly/UCLA_Environmental-Diplomacy

Plus, reserve your tickets for tomorrow's free screening of Red Alert: https://bit.ly/UCLA_Red-Alert

09/29/2026

Join us on Tuesday, October 6th for an exclusive, in-person screening of Red Alert, a four-part scripted series depicting the harrowing true-life events of October 7, 2023 in Israel near the Gaza border.

The screening will be followed by an on-stage conversation with series producer Lawrence Bender and UCLA's Associate of the Chancellor, Dr. Felicia Marie Knaul.

Reserve your free tickets: https://bit.ly/UCLA_Red-Alert

09/28/2026

Join us on Monday, October 5th @ 11:00 AM Pacific / 2:00 PM Eastern / 19:00 UK / 21:00 Israel for a webinar featuring EcoPeace Middle East, an organization that brings together Israelis, Palestinians, and Jordanians to address environmental issues in the region.

Learn More & Register: https://bit.ly/UCLA_Environmental-Diplomacy

Organized by the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. Co-sponsored by the UCLA Department of Geography, the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, the UCLA Luskin Department of Public Policy, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development.

09/25/2026

We are proud to announce that the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with The Hebrew University of Jerusalem on pursuing complementary academic activities.

Read the full announcement on our website: https://bit.ly/UCLA_Nazarian-Center-Hebrew-University

09/18/2026

Join us on Thursday, September 24th @ 11:00 AM Pacific / 2:00 PM Eastern / 19:00 UK / 21:00 Israel for a webinar featuring Major General (Reserve) Tamir Hayman, Executive Director of the Institute for National Security Studies, who will discuss the current state of the Iran War.

Learn More & Register:
https://bit.ly/UCLA_Iran-War-Update

Organized by the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. Co-sponsored by the UCLA Luskin Department of Public Policy and the UCLA Center for Middle Eastern Development.

09/02/2026

Join us on Thursday, September 10th @ 11:00 AM Pacific / 2:00 PM Eastern / 19:00 UK / 21:00 Israel for a webinar featuring David Makovsky, the Ziegler Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute, who will discuss Israel’s pivotal upcoming elections.

Learn More & Register: https://bit.ly/UCLA_Oct-2026-Israeli-Elections

Organized by the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies and the Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies at UC Berkeley. Co-sponsored by the UCLA Department of Political Science, the UCLA Luskin Department of Public Policy, and the UCLA Center for Middle East Development.

04/30/2026

Join us on Monday, May 4th @ 11:00 AM Pacific / 2:00 PM Eastern / 19:00 UK / 21:00 Israel for a webinar with Professor Yishai Blank, the Dean of Tel Aviv University Law School, who will address religious, national, and cultural tensions in Israel, the way local governments are managing these tensions, and how local governments can mitigate them.

Learn more & Register: https://bit.ly/UCLA_May-4_Could-Federalism-Save-Israel

Organized by the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies and the Buchmann Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University. Co-sponsored by the International & Comparative Law Program at UCLA School of Law.