Podcasts from the UCLA Nazarian Center for Israel Studies

On this episode of Israel in Depth, Dov Waxman talks with Ian Lustick, Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, about his new book, Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality. In the book, Professor Lustick argues

On this episode of Israel in Depth, Professor Dov Waxman talks with Dr. Jay Rothman, a scholar and practitioner of conflict resolution, about why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is an identity-based conflict and the implications this has for how to resol

After a third inconclusive election in less than a year, Israel has simultaneously experienced a political crisis, a constitutional crisis and an escalating public health crisis. In this episode, Dov Waxman talks with Israeli political analyst and pollste

Israel's President Reuven Rivlin receives the UCLA Israel Studies Award in a ceremony held Feb. 18, 2020. Award in recognition of Rivlin’s leadership promoting tolerance, equality and civility.

Listen to our Israel in Depth podcast featuring an interview with Ambassador Dennis Ross, a veteran American diplomat who worked on Middle East peace for three presidents, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Barack Obama. Recorded Feb. 20, 2020.

Covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is like no other beat. An insider perspective from journalist Jodi Rudoren, Editor-in-Chief of The Forward and former Jerusalem Bureau Chief for The New York Times. Event held January 27, 2020.

A talk by Professor Dov Waxman, Director of the UCLA YandS Nazarian Center for Israel Studies and The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair in Israel Studies. Event held January 15, 2020.

A talk by Dr. Nili Alon Amit, Israel Institute Visiting Assistant Professor at the UCLA YandS Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. Event held November 21, 2019.

A talk by Visiting Assistant Professor Uri Dorchin, an anthropologist and former radio DJ. He explored the significance of Mizrahi (Middle Eastern) music in the formation of Israeli rap. Event held November 13, 2019.

Israel is the birthplace of both Waze and Mobileye along with numerous other successful tech companies. A fascinating talk about Israel's high-tech sector from Haaretz economics editor David Rosenberg, the author of Israel's Technology Economy: Origins a

The panel discussion came on the heels of Israelis going to the polls two times in the space of a year in national elections that ended in a stalemate. Participants weighed various possible outcomes. Event was held October 23, 2019.

What accounts for this vast corpus of foreign songs in Israeli music and what impact have such renderings had on the development of Israeli culture? After surveying this significant, yet largely overlooked, phenomenon, Visiting Assistant Professor Daniel

University of Haifa Professor Gad Barzilai discusses the interactions between Jewish and Palestinian identities and the heated debates on law and society within the global context.

Listen to the panel discussions from UCLA's first Smart and Sustainable Cities Conference.

Event from May 2014.

Arab-Israeli author speaks at UCLA.

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.