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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 Hillel building, a red brick building with green trees around it.

‘Putting people’s lives at the forefront’: Northwestern hosts Holocaust Remembrance Day event

April 24, 2023

Content warning: This article contains mentions of genocide. Northwestern Hillel collaborated with SESP Prof. Danny M. Cohen to host a Holocaust Remembrance Day celebration of survivor Ava Kadishson...

Author and Holocaust survivor Ava Kadishson Schieber speaks at Fiedler Hillel about her new book, “Present Past.” Schieber launched the collection of stories, artwork and poetry that describe her life after the Holocaust at an event  Sunday.

Holocaust survivor discusses new book on life after war at Fiedler Hillel

October 16, 2016

Author and artist Ava Kadishson Schieber’s first painting after surviving the Holocaust was of a whirlpool. “If I could paint it out, I could face it,” Schieber told The Daily. “That was how...

Students commemorate Holocaust victims at The Rock during this year’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. SESP Prof. Danny Cohen closed the day’s events with the presentation of his book “Train,” which narrates the stories of different groups marginalized by Nazis.

Northwestern community commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day

April 17, 2015

Northwestern community members commemorated Holocaust Remembrance Day with three different events Thursday afternoon, closing the day with the presentation of SESP Prof. Danny M. Cohen’s new book “Train,”...

Associate theater Prof. Harvey Young and Jewish Studies Prof. Phyllis Lassner speak Wednesday evening at “Creative Expression as a Form of Remembrance: A Panel Discussion on Art and the Holocaust.” The panel, hosted by “The Lilliput Troupe," focused on forms of storytelling appropriate for depicting the Holocaust and why telling Holocaust stories continues to serve an important purpose.

Panel discusses honoring the Holocaust through theater

April 16, 2014

The team behind the upcoming performance of "The Lilliput Troupe" held a panel Wednesday discussing the role of theater and art in remembering the Holocaust. The panel, which was moderated by Lillian...

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