{"id":2227501,"date":"2024-04-22T17:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T21:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/northwestern-investigates-flyer-targeting-jewish-community-center\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T17:52:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T21:52:02","slug":"northwestern-investigates-flyer-targeting-jewish-community-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/northwestern-investigates-flyer-targeting-jewish-community-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Northwestern Investigates Flyer Targeting Jewish Community Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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-investigates-flyer-targeting-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=2227501&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 class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<section id=\"article\">\n<article data-post-title=\"Northwestern Investigates Flyer Targeting Jewish Community Center\" data-post-slug=\"http:\/\/jon-tester-voted-against-the-border-wall-but-it-features-prominently-in-his-reelection-ads\" data-post-url id=\"print-1882773\">\n<div>\n<h2>Flyer calling on university to end relationship with Hillel may have violated anti-harassment policies<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\tNorthwestern students fly Hamas flag at pro-Palestine protest (Twitter\/@OGAride)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Northwestern University is investigating whether a campus protest targeting the school\u2019s Jewish student community center last week violated the school\u2019s anti-harassment policies.<\/p>\n<p>A Northwestern spokesman told the\u00a0<em>Washington<\/em> <em>Free Beacon<\/em> that the university is investigating flyers handed out by protesters, which\u00a0demanded that the school\u00a0end its relationship with Hillel, a 100-year-old nonprofit group that operates campus Jewish community centers at universities around the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The university is investigating whether the statements about Hillel that were in the flyer distributed Monday violate our Code of Conduct or Northwestern\u2019s discrimination and harassment policies,&#8221; said Northwestern spokesman Jon Yates.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation comes amid a surge in anti-Semitic incidents at universities across the country. Classes at Columbia University were moved online on Monday, after anti-Israel protesters screamed profanities at and reportedly assaulted Jewish students. At Yale, a Jewish student was stabbed in the eye with a Palestinian flag over the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/at-yale-anti-israeli-protesters-injure-jewish-student-and-tear-down-american-flag-from-war-memorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Northwestern protest last Monday, which called on the school to divest from &#8220;Zionist companies,&#8221; was attended by the university\u2019s dean of students Mona Dugo. She told the <em>Daily Northwestern<\/em> that she showed up to support anti-Israel activists\u2019 &#8220;right to protest&#8221; and to &#8220;protect the right to free speech.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yates told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> that Dugo\u2019s attendance was not an endorsement of the protest. He said she attends many campus events to monitor student safety.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our dean of students regularly attends student demonstrations on campus, to ensure the safety of our community,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Her role at these demonstrations is not as a participant or supporter, but as an observer to ensure safety and well-being of the entire community, including those who might be targeted by the protest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Protesters handed out flyers calling on Northwestern to stop &#8220;funneling Jewish students into Hillel, the Zionist \u2018foundation for Jewish life.\u2019&#8221;\t<\/p>\n<p>A speaker at the protest also denounced Hillel as &#8220;one of the many ways in which this university is complicit in infusing Jewishness with Zionism,&#8221; the <em>Daily Northwestern<\/em> reported last week.<\/p>\n<p>Alumni have accused Northwestern president Michael Schill of failing to combat anti-Semitism on campus, where anti-Israel protesters have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OGAride\/status\/1721047935314710892\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">raised<\/a>\u00a0the Hamas flag at student demonstrations. The Department of Education is investigating alleged anti-Jewish incidents at the school.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flyer calling on university to end relationship with Hillel may have violated anti-harassment policies Northwestern students fly Hamas flag at pro-Palestine protest (Twitter\/@OGAride) Northwestern University is investigating whether a campus protest targeting the school\u2019s Jewish student community center last week violated the school\u2019s anti-harassment policies. 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