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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

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Students and faculty express frustration over lack of class cancellations on Jewish High Holidays

October 11, 2022

Bienen freshman Jeremy Berkun had to choose between participating in Yom Kippur services or attending class last Wednesday. In the end, he chose class.  “I would have been more observant had there...

Holidays like Christmas belong to everyone

Holidays like Christmas belong to everyone

December 3, 2019

Christmas is my favorite time of the year. I remember walking down the shopping lane as a child and seeing a swarm of Christmas trees lining the streets. Trees of every size with their prefixed ornaments...

University President Morton Schapiro (pictured on the sideline during last year’s game against Ohio State) recently missed his first home game as NU president for Yom Kippur. Schapiro named senior wide receiver Kyle Prater as his favorite Wildcats player.

Football: University President Morton Schapiro on his favorite football player, choosing temple over Ryan Field

October 14, 2014

Almost nothing can prevent University President Morton Schapiro from assuming his customary position on the Ryan Field sideline during Northwestern home games. But when this year's bout with Wisconsin...

In Focus: With court date set, rift persists between Klein, Northwestern

In Focus: With court date set, rift persists between Klein, Northwestern

February 12, 2013

This December, like many before, Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein led a group of Northwestern students on a Birthright trip to Israel. Sitting in the Tannenbaum-Chabad House in February, Klein explained how...

In Review: Fall Quarter 2012

November 30, 2012

University disassociates from Rabbi Klein NU’s Jewish community was stunned when Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein, rabbi of the Tannenbaum Chabad House, announced the day before the Jewish festival of Yom...

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