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Skokie (/ ˈ s k oʊ k i /; formerly Niles Center) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. According to the 2020 census, its population was 67,824. [3] Skokie lies approximately 15 miles (24 km) north of Chicago's downtown Loop. The name Skokie comes from a Potawatomi word for 'marsh'. [4]
Skokie may refer to Skokie, Illinois, a village in Cook County, Illinois National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie; Skokie, a movie about the NSPA Controversy in Skokie; Skokie (rocket), a parachute test rocket used by the U.S. Air Force; Skokie Lagoons, a nature preserve in Cook County, Illinois
Skokie is a 1981 television film directed by Herbert Wise, based on a real life controversy in Skokie, Illinois, involving the National Socialist Party of America. This controversy would be fought in court and reach the level of the United States Supreme Court in National Socialist Party of America v.
Westfield Old Orchard, formerly Old Orchard Shopping Center, is a shopping center in the Chicago metropolitan area.It is located in Skokie, Illinois.The shopping center features the traditional retailers Macy's and Nordstrom, in addition to a CMX luxury cinema.
Hebrew Theological College (HTC) was founded in 1921 in the city of Chicago by Chaim Tzvi Rubinstein (1872–1944) and Saul Silber (1876–1946). Rubinstein, an alumnus of Volozhin Yeshiva, had arrived in the United States in 1917; Silber, a pulpit rabbi in Chicago, served as president of the school for its first 25 years. [2]
In the mid-1970s, Skokie was at the center of a case concerning the First Amendment right to assemble and the National Socialist Party of America, a neo-Nazi group. Skokie ultimately lost that case. In 2001, although Skokie was not a direct party to the case, a decision by the village regarding land use led the court to reduce the power of the ...
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People born in, from, or otherwise associated with Skokie, Illinois, United States. Pages in category "People from Skokie, Illinois" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total.