Santa Cruz | Demonstrators gather at Del Mar Theatre to oppose ‘October 8’ screening

Demonstrators gather at Santa Cruz theater to oppose ‘October 8’ screening

SANTA CRUZ — About 40 community members gathered under the marquee of the historic Del Mar Theatre in downtown Santa Cruz Tuesday evening to protest the Santa Cruz Jewish Film Festival’s screening of the film “October 8.” “The film depicts the antisemitism on (college) campuses since the Oct. 7 attack and the film festival chose to show it because people are really interested in that topic,” said Temple Beth El Rabbi Shifra Weiss-Penzias outside…

Santa Cruz | Demonstrators gather at Del Mar Theatre to oppose ‘October 8’ screening

SANTA CRUZ — About 40 community members gathered under the marquis of the historic Del Mar Theatre in downtown Santa Cruz Tuesday evening to protest the Santa Cruz Jewish Film Festival’s screening of the film “October 8.” “The film depicts the antisemitism on (college) campuses since the Oct. 7 attack and the film festival chose to show it because people are really interested in that topic,” said Temple Beth El Rabbi Shifra Weiss-Penzias outside…

Anti-Zionist groups protest screening of ‘October 8’ in Santa Cruz

In Santa Cruz, 'October 8' film screening becomes flashpoint in ongoing Israel-Palestine campus tensions

The topic of Israel, Palestine and the war in Gaza remains so fraught in Santa Cruz that a one-night showing of a documentary focused on rising antisemitism in the U.S. drew loud protests and attempts by local pro-Palestine groups to shut the film down.Sponsored by Temple Beth El — the Aptos-based Jewish community center that has provided the loudest counter-voice to local anti-Israel protests over the past 18 months — the annual Santa Cruz Jewi…

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Del Mar Theater, 1124 Pacific Ave. Santa Cruz