Maccabiah

Maccabi World Union hosts released hostages, families at Kfar Maccabiah

Maccabi World Union has opened its Kfar Maccabiah facilities to hostages recently released from captivity in Gaza and their families, providing them with a place to recover and readjust to daily life

MAXIM HERKIN'S family watches his release from Gaza this week at Kfar Maccabiah.
FIREWORKS ON display at the opening ceremony of the 20th Maccabiah Games – the quadrennial Jewish sports extravaganza which takes place in Israel – at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem in July 2017.

Maccabiah delay leaves teen competitors in limbo

  ISRAELI JUDOKA Raz Hershko – a silver medalist at the 2024 Olympics – is unable to get to the World Championships in Budapest this week to compete.

Time out: Israeli athletes, sports in limbo

 THEN US PRESIDENT Joe Biden poses with athletes at the opening ceremony of the 21st Maccabiah in Jerusalem in July 2022. On Monday, this year's edition of the Games was officially postponed until next summer due to the war with Iran.

Maccabiah Games postponed to 2026 in shadow of Israel's war with Iran


Rabbi Jellinek’s Hanukkah problem

Not even a million Maccabees, according to Jellinek, could bring the Messiah!

THE HANUKKIAH at the Western Wall is lit on the fifth night of Hanukkah in 2009.

Kfar Maccabiah Hotel opens Israel’s largest extreme-sports complex

The complex is a significant milestone in making the Kfar Maccabiah Club a leader in Israel in professional and popular sports, Kfar Maccabiah CEO Dror Morad said.

SWITCH ACTIVE OWNER Barak Tzur (left), Dror Morad, CEO of Kfar Maccabiah Hotel, and Olympic bronze-medal judoka Arik Ze’evi try out the new complex.

21st Maccabiah postponed a year for Olympics to 2022

Hoping to attract record number of competitors to Israel, Maccabi World Union doesn't want to conflict with delayed Tokyo Games

DELEGATIONS FROM 85 countries gather at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem for the opening ceremony of the 2017 Maccabiah Games

Jewish athletes competing in Hungary honor 1st Jewish Olympic champion

Alfred Hajo, who died in 1955, was both the first Jewish Olympic champion and the first Hungarian one.

DETAILS ON a Jewish grave in Poland

Tel Aviv welcomes world-class squash event

The British installed squash courts at their army bases. When the State of Israel was declared, they became part of the air force and the pilots became the Jewish state's first squash players.

A pair of competitors take part in the professional squash tournament on Wednesday night in the outdoor glass court built in the center of Tel Aviv

Maccabi World Union Congress opens in Israel

Around 350 members of the organization arrived in Israel from North and South America, Europe, the former Soviet Union, Australia and South Africa.

2019 Maccabi World Union Congress

A common memory and a common destiny

We need to preserve our heritage and nation by building a new creative link in the wonderful chain of Jewish continuity.

‘LET’S DEBATE the meaning of the Zionist Idea today – in Israel and the Diaspora, then compare notes. It’s no longer about establishing the state; it should be about more than defending the state; it must be about perfecting the state.’

An icy blast set to hit August in Jerusalem

Russian ice dancers Cirque de Glace will wow the capital with chilly acrobatics.

CIRQUE DE GLACE’S ‘Ice Land.’

A spirit of unity

The 20th Maccabiah draws a record 10,000 athletes from 80 countries.

The closing ceremony of the 20th Maccabiah in Latrun on July 17

Morris Kahn: Honorary Maccabiah president is a modern Maccabean hero

From Kahn’s successes in the world of business he was able to dedicate more of his life to his true calling: helping people and the environment.

BEIT YANAI Beach, 2017