Maccabiah torch gearing up for games
By JERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
03/01/2013 03:39
The torch relay began at the Maccabi tombs near the city of Modi’in on December 13 and will end at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem on July 18.
NETANYA MAYOR Miriam Feirberg Ikar the 2013 Maccabiah Games torch. Photo: Rani Assulin/Joya Productions
The 2013 Maccabiah Games torch continued its journey through Israel this
week.
The likes of basketball legend Tal Brody and former pole vault
European champion Alex Averbukh ran with the torch during this week’s colorful
Adloyada in Netanya, with mayor Miriam Feirberg Ikar also dressing up and taking
part in the festivities.
The torch relay began at the Maccabi tombs near
the city of Modi’in on December 13 and will end at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem on
July 18 with the lighting of the Maccabiah flame at the opening
ceremony.
The torch was designed by Yaki Marcus, a student at Hadassah
Academic College’s Department of Inclusive Industrial Design in
Jerusalem.
This is the first time that the Maccabiah Torch has been
designed by a student of industrial design. Marcus, together with Department
graduate Yossi Cohen, designed and produced this original work on the College
campus.
The designers’ inspiration came from their desire to integrate
Jewish motifs for this Zionist event – the torch’s five sections represent the
five continents on which world Jewry lives today with Israel as the
focus.
The torch is shaped like a cone resembling the Jewish shofar, and
its upper section resembles a menorah.
Its frontal view depicts the Land
of Israel as “flowing with milk and honey.”
Over 8,500 athletes from some
71 countries are expected to take part in the 19th Maccabiah, which will run
between July 18-30, with events taking place across Israel.