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Christian ministers
unite against march
By ROBERT FEDER
Correspondent
SKOKIE - A dozen Christian clergymen, responding to the village’s
“deep distress” over the planned Nazi
march, have scheduled an inter-faith
open air worship service for Sunday,
April 16.
The Christian Clergy of Skokie,
members of the Niles Township Clergy
forum, held a press conference Thursday, March 24, to announce the service, which will start at 3 p.m. at the
Niles West high school stadium, Oakton and Edens, Skokie.
The religious leaders also detailed
five other steps they will take in response to the march and issued a joint
statement noting that they “appreciate
the deep concern of people everywhere.”
The controversial demonstration by
members of the National Socialist (Nazi) Party of America had been planned
for April 20, but a court order delayed
the march in Skokie for at least 45 days.
REV. THOMAS O’Connor, pastor of
St. Peter’s United Church of Christ,
said the open air service is intended to
“emphasize the solidarity of the Protestant, Catholic and Jewish community here.”
He explained, “It is an attempt to
say to the country that Skokie is not
just a place for confrontation. There is
a great deal of brotherhood and love
here. We are grateful to God we live
here and we will give thanksgiving to
our common God that we can all relate
to one another and work together.”
Ministers announcing their joint efforts Thursday were three Lutherans,
three Presbyterians, two Methodists, a
Baptist, an Episcopalian and one from
the United Church of Christ, and one
Catholic priest. Also present as observers were two rabbis and a cantor.
“Basically, this was to be seen as a
Christian statement, not necessarily as
a Jewish statement. This is not just a
Jewish problem, but one that confronts
all people in Skokie of all faiths. I think
it’s important that the Christian community makes this statement on its
own,” Rev. O’Connor said.
THE CLERGYMEN’S joint statement said:
“It is our feeling that we must respond as a people of God, concerned for
the physical, mental, and spiritual
need of all. We especially are committed to identifying with the Jewish residents in their deep distress occasioned
by the Nazi presence and exercise of
un-American and irreligious free
speech.
“We are aware also that a Nazi presence would be distressing for a varie
ty of reasons to thousands of nonJewish residents as well.
“Therefore, we want to share visibly and invisibly in a manner that
will honor God and all of His children.
We will help to prepare the open air
worship service in cooperation with local religious leaders of every faith. We
will encourage people in and outside of
Skokie to be in prayer in their own
communities on a day when the Nazis
might march. And we respectfully ask
other communities not to complicate
the already formidable problem of local authorities to deal with a multitude
of people.
"In the meantime, we truly appreciate the deep concern of people everywhere who have expressed a resolve to be of the greatest help in encouraging us to meet a community
challenge in a manner befitting people
of God."
injuries or arrests.
l Publicizing a series of ChristianJewish Bible studies April 2-23 on successive Sunday evenings. The first is
set for 7:30 p.m. April 2 at St. Peter’s
United Church of Christ, Oakton and
Laramie, Skokie. The story of Creation
will be discussed.
l Cooperating and participating in
“Remembrance Week” April 1522, as
proclaimed by Skokie officials, to recall the Holocaust and the events of
World War II.
WHEN ASKED why the clergymen
scheduled their open air service for
April 16, even though the April 26 Nazi
march had been postponed, Rev.
O’Connor said, “The timing is all our
own and these are areas we feel we
can move in now. We will not be bound
by the particular whims of one man
(Nazi leader Frank Collin).”
Rev. O’Connor emphasized that the
position of the Christian clergymen on
the Nazi march is not a new one. “We
issued similar statements as long ago
as April and June of last year to spell
out how we felt about the march. But
one of the problems is, the press hasn’t
asked us where we stand on this,” he
said.
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<p>During the late 1970s, a small group of neo-Nazis based in Chicago attempted to hold a rally in the Village of Skokie, Illinois, a community that was known to have a large Jewish population. Local officials resisted the group’s efforts through by passing a series of ordinances aimed at preventing demonstrations or parades by hate groups. The ordinances were ultimately overturned following a series of state and federal lawsuits because they infringed on the group’s First Amendment rights and the neo-Nazis were issued a permit to demonstrate in Skokie. However, instead of facing the growing number of organized counter-demonstrators, the group held rallies in Federal Plaza and in Marquette Park in Chicago. <br /><br />Visit <a title="Attempted Nazi March in Skokie" href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/attempted-nazi-march/timeline">Skokie Public Library's online exhibit</a> to see the events as they unfolded. The library's digital collection, seen here, includes newspaper articles, editorials, recordings from the Skokie Village Board of Trustees meetings, a memoir written by a local clergywoman, and two documentary films.</p>
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Christian ministers unite against march
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Feder, Robert
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Christian clergy plan interfaith open air worship service.
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3/26/1978
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Demonstrations -- Illinois -- Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
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Skokie Life, Sunday, March 26, 1978, Lerner Community Newspapers, Lincolnwood, IL
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eng
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1970s (1970-1979)
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newspaper clippings