Athletes, audience at JCC Maccabi Campus Games Opening Ceremonies pay tribute to terror victims

(JNS) - A night of speeches ended in dance. By design, nearly 2,000 teenage Jewish athletes at the JCC Maccabi Campus Games fulfilled the promise of former hostage Mia Schem, who, upon release from Hamas captivity, declared: "We will dance again."

Those words, which Schem inked on her arm with the date Oct. 7, 2023, were referenced by social-media influencer Montana Tucker during her address to attendees of the Opening Ceremonies of the JCC Maccabi Campus Games.

"From the Maccabees who fought for our freedom thousands of years ago, to our grandparents who survived the Holocaust, to every singl...