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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

Chabad House rabbi calls for donations, open dialogue in face of menorah damage

November 7, 2014

Two weeks after the menorah in front of the Tannenbaum Chabad House was vandalized, its rabbi is looking to the Northwestern network and the local community to fund a replacement for the Jewish symbol. The...

Updated: Judge dismisses religious discrimination lawsuit against Northwestern in Chabad House disaffiliation

December 27, 2013

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Northwestern alleging religious discrimination in its 2012 disaffiliation with Tannenbaum Chabad House. In a summary judgment filed Dec. 19, U.S. District...

Hillel’s Shabbat with 10 Strangers kicks off second year Friday

October 1, 2013

Normally a meal to spend time with friends and family, Shabbat dinner will look very different for a dozen Northwestern students this Friday when they attend Shabbat with 10 Strangers’ first dinner...

In Focus: Schapiros unconventional first 4 years marked by successes, controversies

In Focus: Schapiro’s unconventional first 4 years marked by successes, controversies

May 30, 2013

University President Morton Schapiro does not always know what he is going to say. Before Schapiro’s first speech as president of Williams College in 2000, the school’s presidential search committee...

S. Bear Bergman performs Machatunim, a series of short stories about family and growing up. The stories focused on his Jewish background and upbringing.

Storyteller emphasizes importance of Judaism, family in LGBTQ experiences

February 19, 2013

A storytelling performance at Northwestern’s Fiedler Hillel on Monday night emphasized the importance of family and Jewish tradition in determining one’s gender and religious identities. S. Bear...

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