Tikvah
Subscribe
MosaicImage of Mosaic
Editor's Pick

September 11, 2017

In Munich, a Callous Memorial to Slain Israeli Athletes

Germany’s systemic pattern of neglect before, during, and after the attack.

Last week, on the 45th anniversary of the massacre in Munich of eleven Israeli Olympians by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September, the German president, together with his Israeli counterpart, unveiled a monument to the Israeli athletes. A nice gesture, writes Liel Leibovitz, but one that is rendered “meaningless and offensive” by the lack of acknowledgment of Germany’s own behavior at the time:

Subscribe to Continue Reading

Get the best Jewish ideas and conversations. Subscribe to Tikvah Ideas All Access for $12/month

Login or Subscribe
Save

September 11, 2017

  1. Israel’s Strike on Syria, What Russia Didn’t Do, and What the U.S. Should

    The calculus behind eliminating a chemical-weapons site.

  2. September 11 and Seeing the Writing on the Wall

    Remembering a prescient conversation.

  3. Senators Shouldn’t Grill Nominees about Their Religious Beliefs

    “The dogma lives loudly within you.”

  4. In Munich, a Callous Memorial to Slain Israeli Athletes

    Germany’s systemic pattern of neglect before, during, and after the attack.

  5. What Jews Can Learn from Addicts, and What Addicts Can Learn from Judaism

    Faith and America’s addiction crisis.