August 31, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on August 31, 2012

Israel’s State Archive releases Munich Olympics massacre documents

Published on August 29, 2012

Israel's State Archive released 45 formerly classified documents related to the murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

August 29, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on August 29, 2012

Munich 11 remembered at Budapest exhibit opening

Published on August 14, 2012

One minute of silence was observed in memory of the Munich 11 during the opening of an exhibit at the Hungarian Jewish Museum in Budapest.

Aly Raisman Is More Than An Olympic Champion

By Rabbi John Rosove
Published on August 9, 2012

London memorial remembers Israelis killed at Munich Olympics

Published on August 6, 2012

British Prime Minister David Cameron at a memorial event said the world should "stop and remember" the 11 Israelis killed 40 years ago at the Munich Olympics.

The Names and Stories of the 11 Slain Israeli Olympians

By Rabbi John Rosove
Published on July 29, 2012

Congressmen to hold moment of silence for Munich 11

Published on July 26, 2012

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a moment of silence for the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches slain by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Why the Olympics won’t mark the Munich massacre

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on July 22, 2012

July 22, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on July 22, 2012

July 20, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on July 20, 2012

In ’84, sans IOC, L.A. remembered Israeli athletes slain at Munich Olympics

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on July 19, 2012

Italian lawmakers join Olympics moment of silence push

Published on July 13, 2012

Some 140 Italian members of the Parliament of Italy have added their voices to calls for a minute of silence during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in London to honor the Israeli athletes murdered by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

May 25, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on May 25, 2012

Munich 11 petition garners nearly 20,000 signatures

Published on April 30, 2012

An online petition urging the International Olympic Committee to honor the Munich 11 at the Olympic Games this summer has garnered more than 19,600 signatures.

Terrorism of ‘70s Forced Israeli Move

By Hirsh Goodman
Published on December 15, 2005

The dates and times are all one blur. What remains crystal clear, however, is what it was like to be an Israeli in the early 1970s, when the phenomenon of international terror began: Japanese terrorists landing at Lod Airport and gunning down dozens of pilgrims just arrived from Peru; German terrorists trying to shoot down an El Al airliner taking off from Kenya; the hijacking of Israeli and foreign aircraft en route to Israel; attacks by the Red Brigades on Israelis and on embassies in London and Seoul, and in Athens, Paris and Rome. And, of course, the horrible massacre at the Munich Olympics.

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.

Community Briefs

Published on May 6, 2004

Community Briefs

Jewish Films Tapped for Oscars

By Tom Tugend
Published on February 17, 2000

A film on the 1972 Olympic Games massacre of Israeli athletes has received an Oscar nomination for best documentary, while a Welsh film about the romance between a Jewish boy and a Welsh girl is in the running for best foreign film.