It took the International Olympic Committee 44 years to commemorate and memorialize the 11 Israelis and killed during the 1972 Games. These are steps in the right direction, but not nearly enough.

If anyone needs admonishing by the heads of the Shin Bet and IDF about the perils of enemies observing Israeli "instability," it's the interim anti-Netanyahu government and like-minded lawmakers who care more about preventing a Likud victory than a nuclear Iran.

He grew up in a sadistic cult and was subjected to abuse together with his mother and siblings daily. He moved from shelter to shelter for years after his father, a convicted sexual abuser and polygamist, was arrested in 2011. But against all odds, Aviad obtained his high school diploma, completed his military service, and is looking forward to studying economics, and one day, building a family.

The quarter-shekel piece with palm branches and a wreath is dated to the Great Revolt that culminated with the destruction of the Second Temple.