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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


Comedian Vanessa Bayer at Hillel’s Annual Speaker Event on Tuesday. Bayer discussed her work on SNL and growing up Jewish.

Bayer talks fame and growing up Jewish at Hillel event

November 13, 2018

To be successful in comedy, one should be nice, be relatable and be “out in the world,” said actress and comedian Vanessa Bayer Tuesday at the Northwestern Hillel Annual Speaker Event. Bayer, a...

Students and residents gather at The Rock. Hundreds of students with different religious faiths came together the mourn the loss of 11 lives in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.

Hundreds gather at vigil, mourn victims of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

October 30, 2018

Students and Evanston residents of various religious backgrounds came together in unity at Monday’s candle-lit vigil to honor the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting on Saturday. At the vigil,...

Michael Simon, executive director of Northwestern Hillel, speaks at a prayer vigil at Beth Emet the Free Synagogue on October 28, 2018. Northwestern Hillel will host prayer vigil to commemorate Pittsburgh victims Monday night.

Hillel to host prayer vigil to commemorate Pittsburgh victims

October 29, 2018

Northwestern Hillel will host a vigil tonight to honor and pray for the victims of Saturday’s shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue. The event, open to the entire Northwestern community, will start at...

New York Times columnist Bret Stephens (center) speaks at an event Monday. Stephens and his colleague Bari Weiss (left) spoke about challenging discourse and the importance of free speech.

New York Times columnists discuss the virtue of thinking differently

May 1, 2018

Reporters at The New York Times had a moment of post-election clarity on November 9, 2016: They realized they did not fully understand the country they were reporting on, opinion columnist Bret Stephens...

Belaynesh Zevadia, the Israeli Ambassador to Ethiopia. Zevadia defended Israeli refugee policy at a talk on Tuesday.

Israeli Ambassador to Ethiopia talks refugee policy, political career

February 14, 2018

Belaynesh Zevadia, the first Ethiopian immigrant to serve as Israel’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, took part in a heated conversation Tuesday with Evanston community members and Northwestern students on the...

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