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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

The Northwestern chapter of Hillel. The organization has not yet had to confront questions of Birthright Israel’s legitimacy on campus.

IfNotNow movement calls on college Hillel chapters to end ties to Birthright Israel

May 1, 2019

IfNotNow, a Jewish-American movement to end support for the Israeli occupation of Palestine, recently encouraged the University of Chicago’s chapter of Hillel to cut their ties with Birthright Israel,...

Over 100 students attended Northwestern’s Freedom Seder, the first since 2014. The event discussed several topics including the similarities between Jewish, Palestinian and black struggles.

Student coalition revives Freedom Seder after five-year hiatus

April 30, 2019

Interspersed with songs, prose and allegories to the struggles of the Jewish, black and Palestinian communities, Monday marked the first Freedom Seder since 2014. The Freedom Seder is a ceremony with...

Letter to the Editor: Days after antisemitic violence, a call to gather in solidarity

April 29, 2019

As our Jewish communities mourn the loss of Lori Gilbert-Kaye, killed Saturday in her synagogue by a white supremacist shooter, we as Jewish students at Northwestern find ourselves struck both by grief...

Northwestern Hillel has asked for additional patrols after a gunman opened fire in a Pittsburgh synagogue over the weekend.

Northwestern, Evanston police increase patrol near Jewish institutions

November 1, 2018

Local police are stepping up safety patrols around the city’s Jewish institutions after a gunman shouting anti-Semitic slurs opened fire in a synagogue last weekend, rattling the nation’s Jewish community....

State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) speaks to students at Kafein, located at 1621 Chicago Ave. He discussed his Israeli roots and his gubernatorial campaign.

Biss talks Israel, gubernatorial campaign at NU event

April 15, 2018

State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) spoke to an intimate group about his gubernatorial campaign and Israeli roots at Evanston coffee shop Kafein on Sunday night. About 30 Northwestern students and community...

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