In 1977, a neo-Nazi group announced a march through the Chicago suburb of Skokie, Illinois, a community in which one out of six people were Holocaust survivors. After the march was initially cancelled, the ACLU took up the case at the urging of Jewish lawyer Joseph Burton, who defended the group’s right to freedom of speech and assembly. Ultimately the Illinois Supreme Court decided that the march was constitutionally protected, but it never materialized: About 20 Nazis congregated for several minutes, and throngs of Jewish and other groups drowned out their voices. Surviving Skokie is a documentary by former Skokie resident Eli Adler about the planned march, the aftermath, his family's horrific experience of the Shoah, and a journey with his father to confront long-suppressed memories. Jack and Eli Adler and Surviving Skokie co-producer Blair Gershkow will appear in conversation following the screening.
Our community partners are Lehrhaus Judaica, Center for Jewish Studies at UC Berkeley, and Jewish Community Relations Council.
http://www.lehrhaus.org/
http://jewishstudies.berkeley.edu/
https://jcrc.org/
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Our community partners are Lehrhaus Judaica, Center for Jewish Studies at UC Berkeley, and Jewish Community Relations Council.
http://www.lehrhaus.org/
http://jewishstudies.berkeley.edu/
https://jcrc.org/
In 1977, a neo-Nazi group announced a march through the Chicago suburb of Skokie, Illinois, a community in which one out of six people were Holocaust survivors. After the march was initially cancelled, the ACLU took up the case at the urging of Jewish lawyer Joseph Burton, who defended the group’s right to freedom of speech and assembly. Ultimately the Illinois Supreme Court decided that the march was constitutionally protected, but it never materialized: About 20 Nazis congregated for several minutes, and throngs of Jewish and other groups drowned out their voices. Surviving Skokie is a documentary by former Skokie resident Eli Adler about the planned march, the aftermath, his family's horrific experience of the Shoah, and a journey with his father to confront long-suppressed memories. Jack and Eli Adler and Surviving Skokie co-producer Blair Gershkow will appear in conversation following the screening.
Our community partners are Lehrhaus Judaica, Center for Jewish Studies at UC Berkeley, and Jewish Community Relations Council.
http://www.lehrhaus.org/
http://jewishstudies.berkeley.edu/
https://jcrc.org/
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Our community partners are Lehrhaus Judaica, Center for Jewish Studies at UC Berkeley, and Jewish Community Relations Council.
http://www.lehrhaus.org/
http://jewishstudies.berkeley.edu/
https://jcrc.org/
show less
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