Thursday, August 9, 2012

A Fitting Answer to the IOC’s Snub

Jonathan S. Tobin writes in Commentary Magazine;  "As the Massachusetts native told the New York Post, she did not select the “Hava Nagila” Hebrew dance music deliberately to honor the Munich 11, but she took special satisfaction from winning the gold 40 years after the massacre . .... Her statement and victory ought to comfort Jews who were rightly outraged by the double standard shown by the IOC, but it doesn’t change the fact that the decision to snub the Munich victims at the opening ceremony was a telling indication of the group’s prejudice against Israel and Jews.

A winning day for U.S. gymnast Alexandra Raisman

Here is the video of Aly's gold-winning routine, danced to the strains of Hava Nagila, a joyful wedding song.

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