The Issue: US Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman’s tribute to victims of the massacre at the 1972 Munich Games.
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Aly Raisman showed the best of the American spirit by speaking up for what is right, regardless of political correctness (“Star of David,” Aug. 8).
Is the International Olympic Committee anti-Israel?
If not, it should explain why the 40th anniversary of the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes and a German police officer was not worthy of formal mention.
Don’t hold your breath.
John Brindisi
Manhattan
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Psalm 30 starts out, “I will extol You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up, and have not let my foes rejoice over me.”
How fitting that Raisman should win the gold medal and thus defy the bigoted organizers.
How fitting, also, that Raisman won her floor routine to the music of Hava Nagila.
Dave Becher
Northport
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Thank you for your covering this remarkable young lady’s courage.
Your reporting brings up many emotions, and I appreciate what you’ve written.
God bless The Post.
David Simonoff
Brooklyn
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Bravo, Raisman. She did what the IOC was too scared to do: honor murdered Olympic athletes. You could bet the mortgage that if the slain athletes were Arabs, the IOC would have seen fit to honor them.
Bret Wallach
Hicksville
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I’m proud of our Olympic gymnastics team, but after Raisman won a gold medal, the media started calling her a Jewish-American.
Daniel Webster once wrote: “I was born an American; I have lived as an American; and I will die an American.”
I do not like to see any hyphenated American description. I’m not a Jewish-American, Polish-American, New Jersey-American or Veteran-American.
We are just Americans. That is why we have one flag, one national anthem and one name.
Paul Cohen
Jersey City, NJ
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I could not be more thrilled with Raisman winning the gold and showing the character of a true champion.
Her graciousness and courage will be remembered long after her routine becomes a distant memory.
Would the IOC have had a moment of silence if Jacques Rogge drowned in his sailing competition 40 years ago?
The IOC and United Nations should merge. They are both good-for-nothing organizations.
David Kafko
Brooklyn
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Kudos to The Post for its two-page spread on the real story at the Olympic Games — Aly Raisman.
In contrast, that other New York paper, which prides itself on “all the news that’s fit to print,” did not feel this story was fit to print. Instead, it devoted a half of a page to a beautiful horse belonging to Ann Romney that failed to advance in the competition. So much for priorities.
Nat Helfand
Jamesburg
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A perfect 10 to the The Post for “Star of David” — the best headline ever.
Shame on the IOC for not having the guts to do the right thing for 11 of their own. And kudos to Leonard Greene for his coverage of this story and letting the world know of Raisman’s courage and the weakness of the IOC for 40 years of excuses.
The IOC’s silence is deafening.
Donald Leider
New City
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Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller, who were denied their rightful place on the 1936 US Olympic track team by the IOC because they were Jewish, would be proud of your “Star of David” front page, as well as Raisman’s achievements and cultural awareness.
Richard Sherman
Brooklyn
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I am very happy to see some good news on the front page of a newspaper for a change, rather stories of crimes and sexual behavior.
Kudos to Raisman. She has a heart of gold to go with her gold medal.
The IOC showed absolutely no respect to those Olympians who were murdered. Shame on them.
D. Rodgers
Flushing