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The Olympic Games: Learning Lessons at Camp

The Olympic Games: Learning Lessons at Camp

Amidst all of the colored paint, banners, and chants of our mini Olympics at camp we take a moment to remember the fallen athletes of the 1972 Munich Olympics. The Nixons had it right. It is a tragedy for all the peoples and nations of the world and also our people. We mourn the martyrs and lift our heads up as proud embodied Jews.

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The Munich 11: A Remembrance for Jewish Summer Camps

The Munich 11: A Remembrance for Jewish Summer Camps

It was forty years ago — forty Summer Olympics ago, at Munich. Members of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September murdered eleven Israelis – three weightlifters, two wrestlers, one fencer, three coaches and two officials. It happened for only one reason: they were Israelis.

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