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Meeting Ben Stern was for me, uh, a surprisingly emotional experience
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Mighty Ira

Meeting Ben Stern was for me,uh, a surprisinglyemotional experience

Meeting Ben Stern was for me,
uh, a surprisingly
emotional experience

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Meeting Ben Stern was for me, uh, a surprisingly emotional experience.
Duration
7 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
01:27:25
Uploaded
May 26, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Ira is one of America's unsung champions of civil rights and liberties. As his generation retires from the barricades, Ira reminisces on his life at the forefront of defending the rights of all Americans.
I mean, this is a guy who was arrested by the Nazis in Poland when he was 15, - Mighty Ira 00:18
I mean, this is a guy who was arrested by the Nazis in Polan...
[Ira] The first time we met, his daughter picked me up, - Mighty Ira 00:08
[Ira] The first time we met, his daughter picked me up,
You know, he's a short little 96-year-old man - Mighty Ira 00:21
You know, he's a short little 96-year-old man
He showed me all these pictures of... he had his family tree, uh, on the wall. - Mighty Ira 00:07
He showed me all these pictures of... he had his family tree...
And he... he... he sort of drew an imaginary line three-quarters of the way down and said, - Mighty Ira 00:10
And he... he... he sort of drew an imaginary line three-quar...
[Ira] All the reaction of the Holocaust survivors themselves - Mighty Ira 00:08
[Ira] All the reaction of the Holocaust survivors themselves
[Ira] The town of Skokie was wrong on both counts. - Mighty Ira 00:04
[Ira] The town of Skokie was wrong on both counts.
On the one hand, it tried to ban the neo-Nazis' speech, - Mighty Ira 00:13
On the one hand, it tried to ban the neo-Nazis' speech,
After Charlottesville and Boston, - Mighty Ira 00:09
After Charlottesville and Boston,
I asked my father what he was going to do. - Mighty Ira 00:05
I asked my father what he was going to do.
He said, "I'm going to be there." - Mighty Ira 00:16
He said, "I'm going to be there."
The city council voted to stay home. - Mighty Ira 00:05
The city council voted to stay home.
"All citizens should stay home." - Mighty Ira 00:09
"All citizens should stay home."
When we got to the rally, he was not on the speaker list. - Mighty Ira 00:05
When we got to the rally, he was not on the speaker list.
He asked to speak and he spoke for a few minutes - Mighty Ira 00:14
He asked to speak and he spoke for a few minutes
You could have heard a quarter drop in those minutes that he spoke. - Mighty Ira 00:07
You could have heard a quarter drop in those minutes that he...
[Ira] So, I come to you actually as a time traveler from the '60s. - Mighty Ira 00:05
[Ira] So, I come to you actually as a time traveler from the...
I was mostly known for two issues - Mighty Ira 00:11
I was mostly known for two issues
I was known for being a near absolutist on First Amendment rights - Mighty Ira 00:12
I was known for being a near absolutist on First Amendment r...
I was one of those small number of people who brought the issue of racial justice - Mighty Ira 00:13
I was one of those small number of people who brought the is...