Iran’s supreme leader rejects direct talks with U.S.

Published on February 7, 2013

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, rejected a U.S. proposal for direct talks between the two countries.

Aly Raisman Is More Than An Olympic Champion

By Rabbi John Rosove
Published on August 9, 2012

The Names and Stories of the 11 Slain Israeli Olympians

By Rabbi John Rosove
Published on July 29, 2012

L.A. leaders denounce IOC at Munich 11 commemoration [VIDEO+SLIDESHOW]

By Ryan Torok
Published on July 27, 2012

Community leaders gathered at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum today to observe a moment of silence for the 11 Israelis killed during the 1972 Olympics in Munich. The leaders also denounced the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for its refusal to hold a similar commemoration during the opening ceremonies of the London Olympic Games.

IOC denies in-person appeal for minute of silence

Published on July 26, 2012

The International Olympic Committee rejected an in-person appeal for a minute of silence at the opening ceremonies of the London Games by the widows of two of the 11 Israelis slain at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Editorial Cartoon: The Endless Relay Race

By Steve Greenberg
Published on July 25, 2012

Munich widows call for own moment of silence at opening ceremonies

Published on July 25, 2012

Widows of Israelis murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics are asking the crowd at the opening ceremonies of the London Games to stand for a minute of silence, regardless of whether the International Olympic Committee recognizes it.

Australian Jewish leaders call for national minute of silence

Published on July 24, 2012

Australian Jewish leaders have urged all Australians to hold a moment of silence in honor of the 11 Israelis murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Where are the Munich elegies?

Published on July 23, 2012

This year, Tisha b'Av marks not only the destruction of both Temples, but with the opening ceremony of the London Olympics just a night earlier, the 40th anniversary of the Munich massacre.

Report: Germany was warned a month before ‘72 Olympics attack

Published on July 23, 2012

Germany was warned about a possible terror attack against Israeli athletes one month before the Munich Olympics in 1972, Der Spiegel reported.

British publisher to fight ‘Mein Kampf’ ban

Published on March 15, 2012

A British publisher is vowing to fight a Munich court’s decision to permanently ban his publication of excerpts of Hitler’s “Mein Kampf.”

‘72 Munich Olympic attack survivors return with mixed feelings

Published on February 23, 2012

A survivor of the 1972 Munich Olympic attack felt like he was "floating on a cloud of love" as he returned to the southern German city this week with several other team mates to take part in a documentary marking the 40th anniversary.

Writer’s Guild to Honor ‘Extremely’ Talented Screenwriter Eric Roth

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on January 26, 2012

Opinion: A river runs through it: Answering Spielberg’s ‘Munich’

Published on January 11, 2012

There is a scene at the end of Steven Spielberg’s controversial 2005 film, “Munich,” that disappointed a lot of Israel’s supporters. Spielberg’s camera caresses the dramatic Manhattan skyline, pans over the East River and ends hauntingly at the Twin Towers, which were still standing at the time of the film’s events.

Rod Lurie On Dustin Hoffman and His Remake of Sam Peckinpah’s “Straw Dogs”

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on September 23, 2011

Body of Munich man found in Ecuador river

Published on August 15, 2011

The body of a 21-year-old Jewish man from Munich was found by residents of a town along Ecuador's Pastaza River.

Demjanjuk conviction hailed as long-awaited victory for justice

Published on May 16, 2011

The guilty verdict pronounced May 12 against John Demjanjuk in a Munich courtroom was a long time coming. Following a trial that lasted a year and a half -- capping more than three decades of legal drama -- the 91-year-old former Ohio autoworker is now officially recognized as a war criminal. He was found by the court to have been complicit in at least 27,900 murders at the Sobibor death camp, one of the most horrendous killing grounds in the Nazi genocide against the Jews.

ID card of Israeli athlete killed in Munich returned

Published on February 23, 2011

The national identification card of an athlete murdered during the Munich Olympics was returned to his family. In a ceremony Wednesday at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, the ID card of wrestler Eliezer Halfin was returned to his sister, Rima Goldwasser.

Munich bids on Olympics as memorial fight continues

Published on January 12, 2011

Munich, Germany has thrown its hat into the ring to host the 2018 Winter Olympics, as widows of victims of the 1972 games massacre fight for an opening ceremonies memorial. Munich's 2018 Winter Olympics bid committee on Tuesday handed over its bid book to officials from the International Olympic Committee. If accepted it would be the first city to host both a winter and a summer games. Eleven Israeli athletes and coaches were killed when Palestinian terrorists from the Black September group broke into their barracks in the Olympic vlllage of the Munich summer games in 1972 and held them hostage. During an unsuccessful rescue attempt, all of the hostages were killed.

Planner of Munich Olympic massacre dies

Published on August 18, 2010

A planner of the 1972 attack on Israel’s Olympic team in Munich and one of the founders of the Palestinian security services has died.

VIDEO: Israeli Olympic athletes remembered

Published on August 5, 2008

Photo montages, vintage news footage, music (Enya.)

Munich massacre survivor still carries Olympic scars

Published on July 31, 2008

Thirty-six years on, Munich survivor Dan Alon still carries the scars of the 1972 massacre of Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games, which he and four others escaped.

Briefs:  100th birthday for Workmen’s Circle; ‘Kosher’ is numero uno

Published on January 3, 2008

100th birthday for Workmen's Circle; 'Kosher' is numero uno; Billionaire Leviev Leaving Israel; Israeli Airport Profiling Reviewed; Nazi HQ to be Learning Center

Kushner’s (old) testament to Lincoln

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on October 25, 2007

Interview with playwright Tony Kushner.

Weisz Gets Gold;  ‘Munich’ Out in the Cold

By Tom Tugend
Published on March 9, 2006

"Munich" and "Paradise Now," two films subjected to considerable controversy in the American Jewish community and Israel, came up empty-handed at Sunday evening's Academy Awards ceremonies.
Not at all controversial was the selection of Rachel Weisz as best supporting actress in "The Constant Gardner," in which she plays a passionate activist fighting an international pharmaceutical company.

Community Briefs

By David Finnigan
Published on February 23, 2006

Even with Republican sponsors and a largely Republican audience, the panelists at a recent discussion on Steven Spielberg's "Munich" covered most of the spectrum from left to right.

Letters

Published on January 26, 2006

Letters

Seven Thumbs Up

By Christine Pelisek
Published on December 29, 2005

An unscientific, random sample of moviegoers who turned out for the new Steven Spielberg's film, "Munich," overwhelmingly liked what they saw. All of these patrons saw the film at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood.

‘Munich’: The Missing Conversation

By Rabbi Marvin Hier
Published on December 22, 2005

For me, the most telling moment in Steven Spielberg's "Munich" was the final scene, when the young, distraught Mossad team leader, Avner, takes a walk along the East River with his Israeli case officer, Ephraim, the man who supervised his mission.

He’s Got the Look

By Amy Klein
Published on December 22, 2005

When Sam Feuer was a boy, he fell in love with "E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial" -- and with performing -- since he lived as an outsider in two cultures. Born in America to Israeli parents, the family moved to Israel when Sam was 9.

‘Munich’ Portrays Real World Issues

By David A. Lehrer
Published on December 22, 2005

In recent days, several pundits have criticized "Munich," the new film by director Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Tony Kushner, for drawing a "moral equivalency between the Israeli assassins and their targets -- both explicitly ... and implicitly." Furthermore, they argue that it has inaccurately portrayed the Israeli avengers as morally conflicted about their mission to eliminate the perpetrators of the Munich massacre.

Judgment on ‘Munich’

By Tom Tugend
Published on December 15, 2005

Although there are flashbacks to the massacre throughout the film, the focus shifts to a meeting between Prime Minister Golda Meir and her top military and intelligence leaders.

‘Munich’—a Risky Move for Spielberg

By Ivor Davis
Published on December 1, 2005

The billboards for Steven Spielberg's new film "Munich," which opens Dec. 23, will soon be sprouting on buses, benches and boulevards around the nation. The image is simple and stark. A lone man sits gloomily in a dark, heavily draped hotel room, his body sparely illuminated by the light of a single window. His shoulders are hunched disconsolately and a pistol dangles from his hand. He seems very much alone.

Shocktoberfest

By Adam Wills
Published on October 27, 2005

Oktoberfest is a two-week celebration held in Munich, Germany, during late September and early October. Beer, food and music are the cornerstones of what is the world's largest festival, drawing 6 million tourists to the city annually. Cities around the world hold their own Oktoberfests, typically modeled after the Munich event.

Spectator - Spielberg Keeps ‘Munich’ a Secret

By Tom Tugend
Published on July 21, 2005

In an honor-laden career, Steven Spielberg has never played for higher emotional and political stakes than in his upcoming film on the aftermath of the 1972 massacre of 11 Israeli Olympic athletes by Palestinian Black September terrorists.

Twenty Hours in Munich

By Tom Tugend
Published on August 29, 2002

The Germans, desperate to erase memories of the Nazi-tainted 1936 Olympics in Berlin, billed the 1972 Games as "The Happy Olympics." By the time the international sportsfest ended, it went down in the history books as "The Munich Massacre."

A Journey into the Heart of Darkness

By Michael D. Braun
Published on April 8, 1999

There was something haunting about taking the train. The aged boxcars on a parallel track seemed frozen in time. I quieted my thoughts. After all, the train was a necessary evil. This bitter irony was not lost on me as the train sped from Munich to Dachau on probably the very same tracks that led thousands of innocent people to their deaths more than a half-century ago.