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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 21, 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...

Letter to the Editor: The true meaning of awareness

October 15, 2015

For the last month, I have not gone a night without waking up to a notification on my phone alerting me to the latest tragedy taking place in Israel, the West Bank or Gaza. At first, the events unfolding...

Houskeeper: The problems with Northwestern’s social justice warriors

June 5, 2015

Northwestern does not have a large activist community, but it is a place where attempts at dialogue always seem to end up being particularly unproductive. Inability to discuss serious issues could be the...

Mian: When it comes to activism, listen first

Mian: When it comes to activism, listen first

May 27, 2015

Over the past year, our campus has been challenged in new ways. We have been forced to pay attention as marginalized voices rose up to remind us that black lives matter, educate us about the atrocities...

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