Documentary chronicles moment of silence for murdered Olympic Israeli athletes

Documentary chronicles moment of silence for murdered Olympic Israeli athletes

The JCC Rockland hosts a screening of “There Was No Silence” at the Lafayette Theater in Suffern at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, September 5. The film is about the JCC Rockland’s efforts to get a minute of silence for the 11 Israeli athletes murdered at the Munich Olympics in 1972. The film’s premiere is the 47th anniversary of the Munich massacre; and less than a year before the start of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

“There Was No Silence” celebrates the power of never giving up, the importance of communities standing up for what is right, and how JCC Rockland’s effort made a worldwide impact and created change

The theater is at 97 Lafayette Ave. For more information, call (845) 362-4400 or go to jccrockland.org.

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