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Northwestern community members read Holocaust victims" names for Yom Ha Shoah
4+ hour, 19+ min ago (452+ words) Northwestern community members gathered around The Rock to read names of Holocaust victims in recognition of Yom Ha Shoah Tuesday. Yom Ha Shoah, also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day, takes place on the 27th day in the Hebrew month Nisan to…...
For Jewish Voice for Peace, Passover means liberation for everyone
1+ week, 5+ day ago (600+ words) Northwestern's chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace hosted a Passover Seder centered on the group's mission of collective liberation in Deering Library Thursday evening. Seders are dinners typically held on the first two nights of Passover, the eight-day Jewish holiday…...
Mega Shabbat hosts Northwestern and Evanston Jewish community
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (497+ words) Around 700 students and community members attended the annual Mega Shabbat hosted by Northwestern Hillel, Chabad and Olami Evanston at the Ryan Fieldhouse on Friday. Shabbat, the day of Jewish rest and celebration, is observed weekly from Friday evening at sunset…...
Two NU professors present unpublished research on well-being of Jewish college students
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (398+ words) SESP and sociology Prof. Simone Ispa-Landa and psychology Prof. Greg Miller spoke about their research at a Monday afternoon presentation titled "Understanding the Well-being of Jewish College Students" as part of the Institute for Policy Research's Colloquia Series. About 50 students,…...
Evanston Jewish communities host slate of High Holidays services and events
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (631+ words) Beginning Monday evening, Evanston Jewish communities will celebrate the start of the High Holidays and usher in the Jewish New Year or Rosh Hashanah. Rosh Hashanah " a time of introspection and repentance " starts on Monday evening and ends at nightfall…...
UC Berkeley Prof. Ethan Katz explores links between Zionism, antisemitism and colonialism at Crown event
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (853+ words) University of California, Berkeley history and Jewish studies Prof. Ethan Katz emphasized the use of history as a tool to unpack the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict at this year's annual Manfred H. Vogel Memorial Lecture in Judaic Studies on Monday. Hosted by…...
ETHS teacher reprimanded by administrators over "Jewish acts of dissent" poster, prompting backlash
11+ mon, 1+ day ago (1042+ words) Community members at Monday's Evanston Township High School District 202 Board of Education meeting decried school administrators' reprimand of an ETHS teacher for displaying a "Jewish acts of dissent" poster in his classroom. Andrew Ginsberg, a social studies teacher who has…...