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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


Alon Schneidman, 25, is a McCormick junior. Schneidman came to Northwestern after serving in the Israel Defense Forces for three and a half years after high school.

International students adjust to Northwestern after military service

April 25, 2016

After three and half years in the Israeli military, Alon Schneidman found himself wondering what he was doing in a Northwestern chemistry class. To Schneidman, schoolwork felt pointless compared to his...

Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg speaks at the McCormick Foundation Center on Thursday. Goldberg, who writes for The Atlantic, recently wrote “The Obama Doctrine,” a 19,000-word profile of the president’s foreign policy.

Hillel brings Atlantic correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg to discuss his latest article, ‘The Obama Doctrine’

April 15, 2016

Atlantic correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg spoke to about 150 students and community members Thursday night about “The Obama Doctrine,” his 19,000-word profile on President Obama’s foreign policies. “There...

Letter to the Editor: Zionism is not solidarity

March 31, 2016

This letter was written in response to a previous Letter to the Editor, “My Judaism and Zionism are inextricably linked” I get it; I really do. Your parents talk about Israel as if it is a given,...

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks addresses students at Harris Hall on Wednesday. Sacks discussed confronting religious violence through tolerance and said people can prevent violence by recognizing that those with different religious beliefs are not enemies.

On anniversary of Israeli PM’s assassination, rabbi calls for religious tolerance

November 4, 2015

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, a religious leader, philosopher and author, spoke Wednesday in Harris Hall to a crowd of more than 200 about confronting modern religious violence. Sacks, who is currently a professor...

Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger discussed how the path forward in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a nonviolent national “revolution.” Schlesinger and Ali Abu Awwad hope to educate Israelis and Palestinians through Roots, a peace movement.

Palestinian activist, Israeli settler join to advocate nonviolent national movement

October 22, 2015

For Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger and Ali Abu Awwad, the path to peace between Israelis and Palestinians lies in a nonviolent national “revolution,” which they hope to create through a grassroots movement...

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