When: Saturday, December -- 16th 12 noon
Where: The Cook County Courthouse. Skokie, Illinois
How to get there: The Courthouse is located at 5600 Old Orchard road in Skokie. It is approximately 1/4 mile west of I-94, which is the Edens Expressway on the north side of Old Orchard road. There is parking available near the courthouse. Specific directions can be found at http://www.mapquest.com.
What to bring: Warm clothes, a loud voice, and plenty of righteous anger
On November 15th The Jewish Defense League learned that The Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations, and the National Alliance plan on holding a joint march and rally in Skokie, Illinois on December 16th. Twenty two years ago, when the Nazis originally marched on Skokie, The Jewish Defense League promised to never again allow these Nazi cretins to march on Skokie.
The Nazis have only one purpose for marching in Skokie (which they refer to as "Jewtown"): To insult the memory of the Six Million victims of Nazi murder and to torment the survivors of the holocaust who now reside in Skokie. This is a clear and obvious affront not only to the Jewish community, but to all people of conscience. For this reason we all must act.
The JDL is calling on all Jews, regardless of there personal politics, to put aside all of their differences, which are dwarfed by this outrage, and act together to prevent this event from occurring. The JDL also calls on all people, regardless of their religion, race, or position, to join with us in protesting this despicable and cowardly action on the part of our nation's most vile racists.
The JDL will not allow these Nazis to invade the community of Skokie to preach their message of Jew-hatred and genocide. The JDL absolutely and without reservation disagrees with those who would argue that these panders of hate, violence and ignorance are protected by the 1st amendment; we will not respect any law that would allow such a flagrant and boorish abuse of our cherished freedoms. The memory of the Six million, and the Laws of Torah allow us no other position.
The JDL vows to prevent these Nazi thugs from marching on December 16th, or on any other day, and we will act, peacefully if possible, forcefully if we must, to uphold the dignity and honor of our silent and undefended six million dead. In the words of Danny Kaye in his role as a Holocaust survivor in the movie Skokie: "The next time they come, we should meet them with bats."
For further information:
Dr Jonathon Epstein, Director
Jewish Defense League of the Midwest
330-607-8360
jdlmw@hotmail.com
