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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


Letter to the Editor: ‘Underdog’ narrative is important, but so is truth

May 17, 2017

On May 15, 2017, Northwestern’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine invited a woman charged with complicity in the bombing of a supermarket and the murder of two Israeli students to speak for...

Letter to the Editor: Muslims can think for themselves

February 7, 2017

The following letter is written in response to the Assistant Dean of Weinberg Mark Sheldon’s letter, revealingly titled “The walkout’s purpose was derailed by anti-Israel sentiment.” This title...

Members of the Northwestern community join a demonstration at the Multicultural Center in opposition to President Trump’s travel ban. One of the signs hanging on the center read, “If you support Israeli apartheid you support a Muslim ban.”

Letter to the Editor: The walkout’s purpose was derailed by anti-Israel sentiment

February 2, 2017

I am an American Jew who is critical of Israel and who also does not think criticism of Israel equates automatically with anti-Semitism. However, I was deeply disappointed at the turn that the #NoMuslimBanNU...

Letter to the Editor: Israel, Palestine and Soup — A Call for Campus Pluralism

September 19, 2016

What is your favorite soup? Take a moment to think — we’ll come back to it. My name is Charlie and I’m a McCormick senior. I will be serving our undergraduate Jewish community this year as the...

Zilberstein: Untangling Jewish identity, Jewish nationalism

May 15, 2016

The decline of conventional religious observance is a well-documented trend in contemporary society. However, this trend, especially for contemporary Jews, does not diminish the salience of religious identity....

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