Maccabiah

Maccabiah launches five-day sports festival at Expo Tel Aviv

Organized by Maccabi World Union, the festival is designed to bring Israelis closer to the Maccabiah experience while providing a family-friendly destination during the school break.

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EXPO TEL AVIV will be the venue for the 'Maccabiah City' sports festival ahead of this summer's Games, which open on July 1. (Maccabiah/Courtesy)
MONTANA TUCKER will perform and help lead the athletes’ parade during July’s Maccabiah Opening Ceremony at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem.

Montana Tucker, Netta Barzilai to headline Maccabiah Games opening

The ceremony will combine music, sports, and Jewish unity, featuring thousands of athletes from dozens of countries marching into Teddy Stadium.

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No. 38: Larry Frank playing for Vanderbilt University.

The Maccabiah Games’ crucial role in shaping Zionism and aliyah

Since the quota for olim had been cut by the British, the Maccabiah offered a great opportunity to come but not leave.

|ByDAVID GEFFEN
Maccabi Tel Aviv players celebrating.

Maccabi Tel Aviv rallies, downs Jerusalem in State Cup semis

With a 94-85 win, Maccabi Tel Aviv advanced to the State Cup final, which will take place on Thursday night. The yellow-and-blue will meet the winner of the Bnei Herzliya and Hapoel HaEmek clash.

|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN

A scaled-back Israeli delegation is headed to the Pan American Maccabi Games in Argentina

Delegation of 74 Israeli athletes will head to Argentina, 45 live in communities close to the Gaza Strip, the area attacked on Oct. 7, according to a press release from the Maccabi World Union.

DECEMBER 19, 2023ByJACOB GURVIS/JTA
From left to right: Israeli delegation member Romina Roni, Maccabi World Union Vice Chairman Riki Kanterevicz and Argentinian Ambassador Francisco Tropepi.

World Jewish Sports Museum offers Hanukkah specials

NOVEMBER 30, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Alan Sherman, a champion of Jewish sports and US-Israeli relations, dies at 87

“Alan was one of the pillars of the Maccabi Movement and he leaves a lasting legacy. May his memory be a blessing,” Jeff Bukantz, the president of Maccabi USA said

AUGUST 1, 2023ByJACOB GURVIS/JTA
An AIPAC attendee sport a US-Israel themed suit

Pickleball, America’s fastest-growing sport, is a hit at Jewish camps and sports tournaments

“The great part about pickleball is it’s so approachable, and people can pick it up so quickly,” Carr told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

JULY 29, 2023ByJACOB GURVIS/JTA
Competitors play pickleball on courts set up in the outfield of Fenway Park, home of Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox, during the 2023 Ballpark Series in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., July 14, 2023.

Jewish fencer Eli Dershwitz becomes first US man to win sabre World Championship

The 27-year-old two-time Olympian and grandson of Holocaust survivors defeated No. 1-ranked Sandro Bazadze 15-6 in the sabre final.

JULY 26, 2023ByJACOB GURVIS/JTA
TRAINING AT the Olympic Fencing Center, Acre.

Assaf Goren to lead Maccabiah 2025

The upcoming Maccabiah is going to be the largest Maccabiah in history with over 70 delegations from the Diaspora

JUNE 28, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
Maccabiah Opening Ceremony

JCC Maccabi Games set for Israel return

World’s largest Jewish youth sporting event opens in 2 weeks, back in Holy Land for 1st time since 2011

JUNE 23, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
THE JCC MACCABI GAMES, taking place in Israel in July, connects young Jewish athletes to engaging competition and content that speaks to their love of sports and strengthens their Jewish identity before many of them head to college.

Ben Helfgott, one of two Holocaust survivors to compete in the Olympics, dies at 93

Despite his athletic achievements, Helfgott’s greatest passion was his work supporting fellow survivors.

JUNE 17, 2023ByJACOB GURVIS/JTA
Ben Helfgott is knighted by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace

Maccabi World Union elects Michael Siegal as next president

Siegal has served as the chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel as well as the Jewish Federations of North America.

MAY 21, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Michael D. Siegal receives the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor and citation from President Isaac Herzog at the President’s Residence on December 11.

The top 8 Jewish sports moments of 2022, from Sue Bird to Sandy Koufax

Jews across sports shined on the international stage at the Maccabiah Games, the Beijing Olympics and the World Cup.

DECEMBER 29, 2022ByJACOB GURVIS/JTA
Team USA at the Maccabiah.