{"id":2225413,"date":"2024-04-19T15:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T19:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/northwestern-university-dean-of-students-attends-protest-targeting-campus-jewish-community-center\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T15:59:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T19:59:56","slug":"northwestern-university-dean-of-students-attends-protest-targeting-campus-jewish-community-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/northwestern-university-dean-of-students-attends-protest-targeting-campus-jewish-community-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Northwestern University&#8217;s Dean of Students Participates in Protest at Campus Jewish Community Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnorthwestern-university-dean-of-students-attends-protest-targeting-campus-jewish-community-center%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2225413&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Dean of \u2064Students Mona\u200b Dugo from \u2064Northwestern \u2063University recently \u2064attended an anti-Israel protest targeting the school&#8217;s Jewish student community\u200b center, Hillel. The protest \u2062aimed to \u2064safeguard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/project-veritas-strips-cnn-naked\/\" title=\"Project Veritas Strips CNN Naked\">free speech<\/a> rights for anti-Israel activists. Amid demands to sever\u2062 ties with Hillel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-abortion-protesters-allegedly-take-abortion-pills-outside-of-supreme-court\/\" title=\"Pro-Abortion Protesters Allegedly Take Abortion Pills Outside Of Supreme Court\">protesters alleged<\/a> the university associates Jewish identity with Zionism. The\u2063 event coincided with Northwestern&#8217;s Admitted Students Day,\u2064 attracting attention to campus dynamics.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Dean of Students Mona Dugo at rally where protesters said school &#8216;weaponizes anti-Semitism to silence pro-Palestinian activism&#8217;<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tNorthwestern dean of students Mona Dugo (Northwestern)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The dean of students at Northwestern University attended an anti-Israel protest this week targeting Hillel, the school\u2019s Jewish student community center, to defend the demonstrators\u2019 &#8220;right to free speech.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dean of Students Mona Dugo said she showed up at the rally on Monday to support anti-Israel activists\u2019 &#8220;right to protest&#8221; and to &#8220;protect the right to free speech,&#8221; according to the <em>Daily Northwestern<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Protest organizers demanded that the university end its relationship with Hillel, a 100-year-old nonprofit group that operates Jewish community centers on campuses around the world, including Northwestern. The protest took place during Northwestern\u2019s Admitted Students Day, which seeks to introduce incoming students to campus life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Hillel] is one of the many ways in which this university is complicit in infusing Jewishness with Zionism,&#8221; one protest organizer <a href=\"https:\/\/dailynorthwestern.com\/2024\/04\/15\/campus\/activist-groups-seek-to-show-admitted-students-real-nu-with-protests-across-campus-for-divestment-support-for-palestinians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a speech at the rally.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KassyDillon\/status\/1779996333367058663\/photo\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leaflet<\/a> handed out by protesters accused Northwestern of &#8220;funneling Jewish students into Hillel, the Zionist \u2018foundation for Jewish life.\u2019&#8221; It also claimed the school &#8220;weaponizes claims of anti-Semitism on campus to silence pro-Palestinian activism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Protesters also accused Israel of &#8220;genocide&#8221; and called on Northwestern to end any relationships with &#8220;Zionist companies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The protest comes as alumni have accused Northwestern president Michael Schill of allowing anti-Semitism to proliferate on campus, where anti-Israel protesters have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OGAride\/status\/1721047935314710892\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">raised<\/a> the Hamas flag at student demonstrations. During Northwestern\u2019s Martin Luther King Jr. memorial ceremony in February, a speaker accused Israel of &#8220;genocide&#8221; as Schill sat silently in the audience, the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/speaker-accuses-israel-of-genocide-at-northwestern-mlk-jr-memorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the Department of Education opened an <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/northwestern-university-antisemitism-claims-us-dept-of-education-hamas-attack-on-israel\/14357026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investigation<\/a> into alleged anti-Jewish incidents at the school.\u00a0Last month, Jewish students also <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/jewish-students-at-northwestern-petition-congress-to-launch-anti-semitism-probe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">urged<\/a> Congress to launch an inquiry into the university.<\/p>\n<p>Northwestern did not respond to a request for comment. Hillel did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Dugo\u2019s attendance at Monday\u2019s protest drew criticism from alumni.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Northwestern is actively supporting anti-Semitism on its campus. It\u2019s not just about being silent or refusing to enforce its own rules,&#8221; said Richard Goldberg, a Northwestern alumnus and a senior adviser for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are talking about the dean of students openly standing in solidarity with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-school-forced-student-athletes-to-wear-taxpayer-funded-ankle-monitors-to-track-covid-outbreaks\/\" title=\"High School Forced Student Athletes To Wear Taxpayer-Funded Ankle Monitors To Track Covid Outbreaks\">students engaged<\/a> in anti-Semitism and intimidation with zero accountability from the president or the board,&#8221; Goldberg said. &#8220;We should be seeing suspensions and terminations.&#8221;\t<\/p>\n<p>Avi Gordon, the executive director of Alums for Campus Fairness, said the protesters\u2019 attack on Jewish student life and pro-Israel students was &#8220;wildly inappropriate and unacceptable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said the university leadership should &#8220;take a larger role in supporting the Jewish and Zionist students on campus. Because, obviously, many students there are feeling more alienated and more marginalized by the inaction of the administration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northwestern University&#8217;s Dean of Students, Mona Dugo, joins rally where protesters accuse the school of using anti-Semitism to stifle pro-Palestinian voices. 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