207:. In a hearing on the case in Chicago on April 28, 1977, Goldstein served as a primary witness in the same courtroom with Collin. When asked if he would attack Collin if the NSPA demonstration took place, Goldstein answered, "I may." Goldstein – who said he expected 50,000 people to attend a counter-demonstration to any NSPA rally in Skokie – soon became known as the one who was leading "the fight to stop American Nazis from marching in the Chicago suburb." Goldstein v. Collin, his lawsuit to stop the NSPA assembly, failed, as did Village of Skokie actions.
314:
223:
Meanwhile, the JUF argued that 81 of 82 board members supported its legal action against the
Goldstein estate, though opinion in the Jewish community overwhelmingly disapproved of its stance. According to an unscientific poll, nearly three-quarters of respondents to a survey said they believed the
200:. In an intentionally provocative declaration in February 1977, Collin announced that he and as many as 50 NSPA supporters in neo-Nazi uniform and displaying swastikas were going to assemble in front of the Skokie Village Hall. An estimated 18% of the village's residents were Holocaust survivors.
219:
The
Goldstein heirs rejected the JUF request for payment, and on January 25, 1993, JUF v. Estate of Sol Goldstein was filed in Cook County Circuit Court. In November 1993, the JUF's claim was upheld. At the same time, the JUF announced that it was prepared to sue Russian immigrants in default on
142:
murdered the town's Jews, which included
Goldstein's entire family. Goldstein was imprisoned by the Nazis for three years, and later fought with the partisans. In 1949, Goldstein came to the United States with his wife Tamara, eventually purchasing the Harry J. Bosworth dental supply company in
215:
About three months after
Goldstein died in 1992, leaving an estate valued at $ 5.1 million, the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago contacted Goldstein's daughters, asserting that he had left unpaid $ 660,000 which he was said to have orally pledged to that nonprofit group. During his
138:), a town with a heavily Jewish population dating back to the 14th century. "My Yurburg is full of love for the people of Israel and the love of one person for another," Goldstein reminisced. In the summer of 1941, Yurburg was occupied by the German army, and that September the
155:
During the 1960s and after, Goldstein served in many leadership positions in the
Chicago Jewish community. He was head of the Sheerith Hapleitah, a Chicago-area Holocaust survivors association;
233:
On April 4, 1995, the JUF announced that "an amicable settlement" with "strictly confidential" terms had been reached between it and the "executors and beneficiaries" of the
Goldstein estate.
603:, April 28, 1995, p. 1. Several months later, JUF filed suit in another case of unpaid pledges; see Michael Laff, "The Monaster Case: Once wealthy, once generous, now headed for court,"
662:
652:
203:
The
Village of Skokie attempted to prevent the assembly in the town by requiring a $ 350,000 bond and other actions, moves opposed by Collin and the Illinois Division of the
216:
lifetime, he had donated $ 1.6 million to the JUF. The JUF sought payment of the pledges, a move said to be without precedent among Jewish federations in the United States.
667:
672:
647:
163:; president of the Zionist Organization of Chicago and president of the Chicago Zionist Federation. In 1968, Goldstein was included on the dais with Mayor
637:
464:
677:
224:
Jewish United Fund should not have undertaken court action to retrieve the pledges. Letters on the subject ran in four issues of the
523:, New York, as quoted in Laff and Wertheimer, "Wronged or wrong-headed, Federation pursues donor's estate for an unpaid pledge,"
632:
204:
493:
Michael Laff and
Douglas Wertheimer, "Wronged or wrong-headed, Federation pursues donor's estate for an unpaid pledge,"
256:
175:
at a lavish
Chicago solidarity dinner; in 1978, he addressed a similar Chicago gathering for Israeli Prime Minister
657:
474:
366:
363:
406:
642:
197:
323:
230:, a local newspaper, and an editorial claimed that "neither of the principals were winners in this case."
300:
627:
622:
520:
252:
226:
380:
160:
433:
393:"Chronology of a Conflict," sidebar to Gillian Wolf, "When the Nazis didn't march in Skokie,"
196:
and his neo-Nazi
National Socialist Party of America (NSPA) held anti-black demonstrations in
127:
66:
43:
164:
144:
318:
270:
468:
176:
131:
616:
480:
172:
101:(March 30, 1914 – September 3, 1992) was a leader in the Chicago Jewish community, a
193:
156:
139:
106:
551:
Amy J. Kramer, "Federation is pursuing Russian immigrants in default on loans,"
538:
472:, November 5, 1993, p. B16; David G. Dalin, "Jews, Nazis, and Civil Liberties,"
168:
564:
Letter, Edward A. Fox, Chairman, JUF Board, to Susan Shulman, March 3, 1995.
135:
123:
70:
39:
105:
activist and a philanthropist. He survived imprisonment by Nazi Germany in
573:
Douglas Wertheimer, "72% oppose JUF taking Goldstein estate to court,"
102:
431:
Philip J. O'Connor, "Skokie to permit Nazi march – and Jewish rally,"
171:
to Chicago; in 1976, Goldstein introduced then-Israeli Prime Minister
287:
The Memorial Book for the Jewish Community of Yurburg, Lithuania
274:
The Memorial Book for the Jewish Community of Yurburg, Lithuania
599:
Michael Laff, "Resolution reported of JUF, Goldstein dispute,"
271:"Yurburg on the Bank of the Neiman River: Demographic numbers,"
484:, a film based on these events, appeared on television in 1981
536:
Douglas Feiden, "Charity Brass Pursue Donor Beyond Grave,"
465:"Bernard Decker, 89, Judge Who Upheld Nazi Right to March,"
506:
Michael Laff, "Sol Goldstein case moves to arbitration,"
478:(New York: American Jewish Committee, 1979), pp. 3–28.
354:(Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1996), p. 213.
586:Editorial, "JUF vs. Goldstein: Enough Casualties,"
88:
76:
62:
50:
25:
18:
420:The Nazi/Skokie Conflict: A Civil Liberties Battle
159:; chairman of the public affairs committee of the
161:Jewish United Fund (JUF) of Metropolitan Chicago
315:"Israel bond chairman ends term with flourish,"
663:Jewish resistance members during the Holocaust
8:
653:American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent
350:A photo of this event is in Irving Cutler,
519:Gerald Nagel, Director of Communications,
352:The Jews of Chicago: From Shtetl to Suburb
247:
245:
15:
341:(Chicago), October 24, 1985, front cover.
668:Buchenwald concentration camp survivors
409:Jewish Telegraphic Agency, May 4, 1977.
241:
220:almost $ 1 million in loan repayments.
151:Jewish communal and Zionist involvement
322:, December 12, 1977; Andrew Fegelman,
285:Shlomo (Sol) Goldstein, "My Yurburg,"
673:20th-century American philanthropists
648:Soviet emigrants to the United States
211:Court battle over uncollected pledges
7:
422:(Boston: Beacon Press, 1980), p. 60.
253:"A donor's pledge ends up in court,"
329:, July 8, 1994, section 2, page 1.
188:Attempted neo-Nazi march in Skokie
14:
324:"Can A Pledge Outlive Its Maker?"
364:"Stirs dignitaries in Chicago,"
475:American Jewish Year Book 1980
446:"Chicago Rally Hears Begin,"
407:"Nazis Thwarted in Rally Bid,"
378:"Chicago Rally Hears Begin,"
205:American Civil Liberties Union
1:
638:People from Rossiyensky Uyezd
521:National United Jewish Appeal
298:Yehuda Slutsky, "Jurbarkas,"
109:, and later moved to the US.
167:in welcoming Israeli leader
694:
678:20th-century American Jews
577:, September 2, 1994, p. 1.
510:, February 24, 1995, p. 1.
607:, January 26, 1996, p. 1.
527:, August 19, 1994, p. 14.
367:Jewish Telegraphic Agency
555:, August 27, 1993, p. 1.
497:, August 19, 1994, p. 1.
461:The Nazi/Skokie Conflict
257:Crain's Chicago Business
80:Jewish community leader
590:, April 28, 1995, p. 4.
304:vol. 10 (1973), p. 474.
198:Marquette Park, Chicago
397:, April 2, 1993, p. 8.
122:Goldstein was born in
633:People from Jurbarkas
542:, June 3, 1994, p. 5.
301:Encyclopaedia Judaica
260:, May 16, 1994, p. 3.
450:, May 4, 1978, p. 4.
384:, May 4, 1978, p. 4.
605:Chicago Jewish Star
601:Chicago Jewish Star
588:Chicago Jewish Star
575:Chicago Jewish Star
553:Chicago Jewish Star
525:Chicago Jewish Star
508:Chicago Jewish Star
495:Chicago Jewish Star
395:Chicago Jewish Star
369:, February 5, 1976.
227:Chicago Jewish Star
658:American Zionists
434:Chicago Sun-Times
128:Kovno Governorate
96:
95:
82:Zionist activist
54:September 3, 1992
44:Kovno Governorate
685:
608:
597:
591:
584:
578:
571:
565:
562:
556:
549:
543:
534:
528:
517:
511:
504:
498:
491:
485:
457:
451:
444:
438:
429:
423:
416:
410:
404:
398:
391:
385:
376:
370:
361:
355:
348:
342:
336:
330:
311:
305:
296:
290:
283:
277:
267:
261:
249:
165:Richard J. Daley
145:Skokie, Illinois
92:Tamara Goldstein
57:
35:
33:
16:
693:
692:
688:
687:
686:
684:
683:
682:
643:Lithuanian Jews
613:
612:
611:
598:
594:
585:
581:
572:
568:
563:
559:
550:
546:
535:
531:
518:
514:
505:
501:
492:
488:
458:
454:
445:
441:
437:, May 31, 1978.
430:
426:
417:
413:
405:
401:
392:
388:
377:
373:
362:
358:
349:
345:
337:
333:
327:Chicago Tribune
319:Chicago Tribune
313:Chris Agrella,
312:
308:
297:
293:
284:
280:
268:
264:
250:
243:
239:
213:
190:
185:
153:
120:
115:
83:
81:
55:
46:
37:
31:
29:
21:
12:
11:
5:
691:
689:
681:
680:
675:
670:
665:
660:
655:
650:
645:
640:
635:
630:
625:
615:
614:
610:
609:
592:
579:
566:
557:
544:
529:
512:
499:
486:
469:New York Times
452:
439:
424:
418:David Hamlin,
411:
399:
386:
371:
356:
343:
331:
306:
291:
278:
269:I.D. Kamazon,
262:
251:Mark Veverka,
240:
238:
235:
212:
209:
189:
186:
184:
181:
177:Menachem Begin
152:
149:
132:Russian Empire
119:
116:
114:
111:
94:
93:
90:
86:
85:
84:Philanthropist
78:
77:Known for
74:
73:
64:
60:
59:
58:(aged 78)
52:
48:
47:
38:
36:March 30, 1914
27:
23:
22:
19:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
690:
679:
676:
674:
671:
669:
666:
664:
661:
659:
656:
654:
651:
649:
646:
644:
641:
639:
636:
634:
631:
629:
626:
624:
621:
620:
618:
606:
602:
596:
593:
589:
583:
580:
576:
570:
567:
561:
558:
554:
548:
545:
541:
540:
533:
530:
526:
522:
516:
513:
509:
503:
500:
496:
490:
487:
483:
482:
477:
476:
471:
470:
466:
463:, chapter 7;
462:
456:
453:
449:
443:
440:
436:
435:
428:
425:
421:
415:
412:
408:
403:
400:
396:
390:
387:
383:
382:
375:
372:
368:
365:
360:
357:
353:
347:
344:
340:
335:
332:
328:
325:
321:
320:
316:
310:
307:
303:
302:
295:
292:
288:
282:
279:
276:(1991), p. 14
275:
272:
266:
263:
259:
258:
254:
248:
246:
242:
236:
234:
231:
229:
228:
221:
217:
210:
208:
206:
201:
199:
195:
187:
183:Controversies
182:
180:
178:
174:
173:Yitzhak Rabin
170:
166:
162:
158:
150:
148:
146:
141:
137:
134:(present-day
133:
129:
125:
117:
112:
110:
108:
104:
100:
99:Sol Goldstein
91:
87:
79:
75:
72:
68:
65:
61:
53:
49:
45:
41:
28:
24:
20:Sol Goldstein
17:
604:
600:
595:
587:
582:
574:
569:
560:
552:
547:
537:
532:
524:
515:
507:
502:
494:
489:
479:
473:
467:
460:
455:
447:
442:
432:
427:
419:
414:
402:
394:
389:
379:
374:
359:
351:
346:
339:The Sentinel
338:
334:
326:
317:
309:
299:
294:
286:
281:
273:
265:
255:
232:
225:
222:
218:
214:
202:
194:Frank Collin
191:
157:Israel Bonds
154:
121:
107:World War II
98:
97:
56:(1992-09-03)
628:1992 deaths
623:1914 births
539:The Forward
118:Early years
63:Nationality
617:Categories
237:References
169:Golda Meir
67:Lithuanian
32:1914-03-30
448:The Blade
381:The Blade
192:In 1976,
136:Lithuania
126:, in the
113:Biography
459:Hamlin,
289:, p. 13.
71:American
130:of the
124:Yurburg
103:Zionist
40:Yurburg
481:Skokie
89:Spouse
140:Nazis
51:Died
26:Born
619::
244:^
179:.
147:.
69:,
42:,
34:)
30:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.