As I was about to embark on a trip around Europe by myself for the summer after I graduated, a girlfriend told me, “Gila, wherever you go if you need anything find the local synagogue.”
This is a shout-out to my friends who are not blessed with biological or adopted children; some may yet know that blessing. Others may not.
In a statement, the IJF said that the judoka, Fethi Nourine and Amar Benikhlef, had “malicious intent” to use “the Olympic Games as a platform for protest and promotion of political and religious propaganda, which is a clear and serious breach of the IJF Statutes, the IJF Code of Ethics and the Olympic Charter.”
Now that the retrospectives and memorials have concluded, and most of us who were fortunate enough not to lose a loved one in the attacks will now put our grief aside for another year or five, when we’re once again reminded that we all have an obligation to join the mourners for whom every day is 9/11.
The resolution called for Israel to be boycotted until it ends “the occupation and colonialization of all Arab lands,” removes the security barrier and implements the right of return for Palestinian refugees to return to their homes.
