Letter to International Olympic Committee

Over 38 years ago, the world watched as 11 Israeli athletes, coaches and referees at the Munich Olympics in 1972, were held hostage and ultimately murdered. This incident was one of the very first acts of terrorism on a world stage.

Decades have passed, as the families of these 11 men, tried everything in their power to secure one minute of silence, from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Our Board of Directors has unanimously voted to dedicate our JCC Maccabi Games in August 2012, to the Munich 11. We stand with them to accomplish this goal by obtaining a minute of silence at the 2012 London Olympics, the 40th anniversary of Munich and every Olympic Games thereafter.

Let us heal this wound together and set an example to generations that will come after us.

Please support the IOC Petition for ONE MINUTE of silence by making your donation count:

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