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Podcasts from public lectures for those interested in learning about Israel, and its related fields of study.

Podcasts from the UCLA Nazarian Center for Israel Studies


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    ISRAEL IN DEPTH: "The Non-zionist Zionist"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2023 37:49


    This season of Israel In Depth is co-sponsored by TLV1's podcast "Tel Aviv Review" and the UCLA Yandamp;S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. This episode is co-hosted by Gilad Halpern and Prof. Dov Waxman.

    ISRAEL IN DEPTH: "Public Enemy No. 1"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2023 39:34


    This season of Israel In Depth is co-sponsored by TLV1's podcast "Tel Aviv Review" and the UCLA Yandamp;S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. This episode is co-hosted by Gilad Halpern and Prof. Dov Waxman.

    ISRAEL IN DEPTH – Intifada 1.0

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2023 38:43


    This season of Israel In Depth is co-sponsored by TLV1's podcast "Tel Aviv Review" and the UCLA Yandamp;S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. This episode is co-hosted by Gilad Halpern and Prof. Dov Waxman.

    ISRAEL IN DEPTH – The Birth of a Nation: The Diplomatic Backstory of Israel's Establishment

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2022 40:49


    This season of Israel In Depth is co-sponsored by TLV1's podcast "Tel Aviv Review" and the UCLA Yandamp;S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. This episode is co-hosted by Gilad Halpern and Prof. Dov Waxman.

    ISRAEL IN DEPTH – Groundhog Election Day? Analyzing the Deep Trends of Israeli Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2022 37:29


    This season of Israel In Depth is co-sponsored by TLV1's podcast "Tel Aviv Review" and the UCLA Yandamp;S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. This episode is co-hosted by Gilad Halpern and Prof. Dov Waxman.

    ISRAEL IN DEPTH – With guest, Anders Persson, author of EU Diplomacy and the Israeli–Arab Conflict, 1967–2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2021 30:16


    On this episode of Israel in Depth, Dov Waxman talks with political scientist Anders Persson, author of the new book “EU Diplomacy and the Israeli-Arab Conflict, 1967–2019.”

    ISRAEL IN DEPTH – With guest, Emmanuel Navon, author of The Star and the Scepter: A Diplomatic History of Israel

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2021 33:28


    On this episode of Israel in Depth, Dov Waxman talks with Emmanuel Navon, author of The Star and the Scepter: A Diplomatic History of Israel (2020), about the history of Jewish, Zionist and Israeli diplomacy.

    ISRAEL IN DEPTH – With guest Gal Ariely, author of Israel's Regime Untangled: Between Democracy and Apartheid

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2021 28:06


    On this episode of Israel in Depth, Dov Waxman talks with Gal Ariely, a professor in the Department of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, about his new book, "Israel's Regime Untangled: Between Democracy and Apartheid

    ISRAEL IN DEPTH – With guest Kenneth S. Stern talking about antisemitism and Israel.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2021 39:32


    On this episode of Israel in Depth, Kenneth Stern, discusses the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of antisemitism and the controversy surrounding it. Recorded February 18, 2021.

    ISRAEL IN DEPTH – With guest David Makovsky talking about the future of U.S.-Israel relations under President Biden and the Trump administration's legacy.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 39:29


    On this episode of Israel in Depth, David Makovsky, the Ziegler Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute and formerandnbsp;senior advisor to the U.S. Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations, discusses the major issues that will shape U.S.

    ISRAEL IN DEPTH – With guest Raffaella Del Sarto talking about Morocco normalizing relations with Israel, as well as Europe's relationship with Israel and EU policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2020 34:26


    On this episode of Israel in Depth, Dr. Raffaella Del Sarto, an Associate Professor of Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), discusses the recently announced normalization of relations between M

    ISRAEL IN DEPTH – With guest Scott Lasensky, assessing President Trump's record on Israel and his administration's unconventional approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 40:17


    On this episode of Israel in Depth, Dov Waxman talks to Scott Lasensky, who served as a senior policy advisor in the Obama Administration, about President Trump's record on Israel, his popularity among Israelis, and what the legacy of his administration w

    ISRAEL IN DEPTH – With guest Rami Zeedan, on the 20th anniversary of the "events of October 2000" when mass protests and riots by Arab citizens of Israel resulted in the police killing 13 demonstrators.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2020 43:02


    On this episode of Israel in Depth, Dov Waxman talks with Rami Zeedan, an expert on the Arab minority in Israel, about the "events of October 2000" – when 13 Arab protesters were killed by the Israeli police – and about what has changed since then in the

    ISRAEL IN DEPTH – With guest, Israeli diplomat Uri Resnick, discussing Israel's foreign relations and its complex relationship with the United Nations

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2020 42:30


    On this episode of Israel in Depth, Dov Waxman talks with Israeli diplomat Uri Resnick, the director of Policy Planning at Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about Israel's foreign relations, its treatment at the United Nations, and the significance of

    ISRAEL IN DEPTH – With guest, Marwa Maziad, discussing the recent agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to normalize their relations.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2020 34:00


    On this episode of Israel in Depth, Dov Waxman talks with Marwa Maziad, a visiting scholar at the University of Washington's Jackson School of International Studies, about Israel's new agreement with the United Arab Emirates to normalize diplomatic relati

    ISRAEL IN DEPTH – With guest, Charles Freilich, author of Israeli National Security: A New Strategy for an Era of Change

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2020 37:16


    On this episode of Israel in Depth, Dov Waxman talks with Charles Freilich, former deputy national security adviser in Israel and a long-time senior fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center, about threats to Israel's national security, warming ties with Gulf sta

    ISRAEL IN DEPTH – With guest, Ian S. Lustick, author of Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2020 40:51


    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

    ISRAEL IN DEPTH – "Re-envisioning Resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2020 33:39


    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

    ISRAEL IN DEPTH – "Israel's Post-Election Politics Amid a Pandemic"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 39:19


    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

    EVENT-CAST: Israeli President Reuven Rivlin's Remarks at UCLA

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2020 17:36


    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.

    ISRAEL IN DEPTH – Featuring Ambassador Dennis Ross

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2020 36:13


    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.

    EVENT-CAST: How the Media Covers Israel: Journalism in a Land of Dueling Narratives

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2020 46:34


    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.

    EVENT-CAST: The Religionization of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2020 43:15


    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.

    EVENT-CAST: Land and Wisdom: The Love of Zion - from the Hebrew Bible to Contemporary Israeli Poetry

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2019 42:25


    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.

    EVENT-CAST: Mizrahi (Middle Eastern) Rap Music in Israel: A Bridge between East and West

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2019 41:20


    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.

    EVENT-CAST: Israel's Technology Economy: Origins and Impact

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 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

    EVENT-CAST: Israeli Elections 2.0: Where is the Nation Headed?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2019


    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.

    EVENT-CAST: Can We Settle This? Israeli Settlements as an Issue in US-Israel Relations

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2019 35:54


    A discussion about the role of settlements in U.S. policy making towards Israel, and how strategic considerations - rather than the pursuit of peace or the “Israel lobby” - have been the major driver in U.S. policy in both Republican and Democratic admini

    EVENT-CAST - "Fake News": New Media and the Changing Political Culture in the US and Israel

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2019


    EVENT-CAST: Found in Translation? Foreign Songs and the Creation of Israeli Musical Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2019 52:38


    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

    EVENT-CAST: Law, Culture and Collective Identity: Palestinian-Arabs and Jews in Israeli Law and Society

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2017 56:17


    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.

    EVENT-CAST: Smart and Sustainable Cities Conference Panel Audio

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2016


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

    EVENT-CAST: Balancing Security and Individual Rights in the Fight Against Terror

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2016 90:57


    EVENT-CAST: The Gaza Disengagement: 10 Years After

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2015 111:58


    EVENT-CAST: Jewish and Democratic?: A Perspective from Israel's Arab Minority

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2015 85:00


    EVENT-CAST: Not So "Special Relationship"?: Israel-US Relations During the Obama Administration

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2015 87:39


    Podcast: Ambassador Dennis Ross, William Davidson Distinguished Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy: Distinguished Fellow,

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2014 61:18


    PODCAST: A Conversation with the author, Ari Shavit

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2014 85:00


    A Conversation with Acclaimed Israeli-Arab Writer Sayed Kashua

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2012 80:02


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2012 20:30


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2012 38:41


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

    Hadag Nahash: Hip-Hop, Cultural Critique, and Social Change

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2012 59:29


    Podcast of a public talk by Azzan Yadin-Israel, Rutgers University

    Israeli Hip Hop Band Hadag Nahash in Residency

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2012 57:28


    Podcast of an interactive workshop with the band for UCLA students and the public

    The Idea of Jewish Sovereignty: The Case of Lewis B. Namier and Isaiah Berlin

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2012 51:54


    A public talk by Arie M. Dubnov, Acting Assistant Professor, Department of History, Stanford University

    Law and Politics in the Middle East Peace Process

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2010 1:16


    The Honorable Dan Meridor, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy

    Be-Tipul and its Significance for Israeli TV and Society

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2009 74:47


    Hagai Levi, Miri Talmon-Bohm, Yoram Yovell, Motti Lerner, Moderator: Professor Shelley Salamensky

    Israel's Film Industry: Transposing Be-Tipul to In Treatment

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2009 75:30


    Jacob Dayan, Consul General of Israel; Hagai Levi, Steve Levinson, Rodrigo Garca, Blair Underwood, Rick Rosen, Moderator: David R. Ginsburg

    In Treatment/Be-Tipul and Psychotherapy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2009 92:50


    Helen Desmond, Yoram Yovell, Krin Gabbard, Moderator: Fredelle Z. Spiegel

    The War in Gaza and Southern Israel: Ramifications for Israel, the Palestinians and the Middle East

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2009 92:23


    Public lecture by Asher Susser is Professor of Middle East Studies at Tel Aviv University and the Former Director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Professor Susser is an internationally renowned expert on modern Middle Eastern history

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