‘Heil Hitler’ Uttered by Man Near Northwestern’s Jewish Life Center

EVANSTON, IL - An incident of anti-Semitism was reported outside of Northwestern University’s Jewish life center building last month.

A Jewish Studies lecturer at Northwestern has said that while he was walking near the Fiedler Hillel on Nov. 23 a man in a passing vehicle stopped to ask him if he was Jewish and when the lecturer confirmed the man raised his right arm in a Nazi salute gesture and said “Heil Hitler,” according to a report in the Daily Northwestern.

The man who allegedly yelled the slur was in the passenger’s seat of a black SUV. The lecturer says he first asked where the Hillel building was, then if the lecturer was Jewish before raising his arm and uttering the phrase.

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As a result, University police will monitor the area of Hillel with more frequent patrols until the end of winter break.

Michael Simon, executive director of Hillel, called the incident an act of “blatant anti-Semitism.”

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