There Was No Silence is a documentary about JCC Rockland’s efforts to get a minute of silence for the 11 Israeli athletes murdered at the Munich Olympics in 1972. Timed to premiere on the 47th anniversary of the Munich massacre and less than a year before the 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 world-wide impact and created change

There Was No Silence

<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/1026e2b7fd8a3633b956f3351d66f5de.jpg" width="395">Tune in for an enlightening discussion between Ankie Spitzer, Joe Allen, and David Kirschtel about the film, the actions which have been taken since the film, and the future of the campaign to secure a minute of silence for the Munich Eleven. Ankie Spitzer, widow of Andrei Spitzer, is a lobbyist and activist who has devoted nearly 50 years to the fight for a minute of silence at the opening ceremony of the Olympics for the Munich Eleven. Joe Allen is a film maker and documentarian. He is the director of There Was No Silence. David Kirschtel is the CEO of JCC Rockland.

"There Was No Silence" Discussion with Ankie Spitzer, Joe Allen, and David Kirschtel

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