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.

|ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
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.

|ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
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

Maccabi World, LEAP to find Jewish athletes in new deal

The Web 3.0-based sports gaming platform, available through a collaboration with Maccabi World an LEAP aims to find, expose and boost Jewish athletes worldwide.

JULY 4, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
(L-R) Omri Lachman, CEO and parter of LEAP and Amir Gissin, deputy CEO of Maccabi World Union.

Grapevine: Busy city

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JULY 2, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
TRAFFIC SLOWS on Begin Road.

Ian Kinsler switches from Team Israel star player to coach for 2023 World Baseball Classic

The Jewish 14-year MLB veteran played for Team Israel in the 2020 Olympics that were held last year, telling the JTA at the time that his goal was to raise the sport’s profile in Israel.

JUNE 29, 2022ByJACOB GURVIS/JTA
Ian Kinsler played for Team Israel at the Olympics in Tokyo after 14 MLB seasons.

Grapevine June 26, 2022: It takes a village

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JUNE 25, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
DELEGATIONS FROM 85 countries gather at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem for the opening ceremony of the 2017 Maccabiah Games

Ukraine expands its Maccabiah delegation - comment

If battling through the fear and horror of Russian bombing raids wasn’t promising enough, two Maccabi leaders from Ukraine revealed that Maccabi Ukraine will expand from 25 team members to 40.

MAY 31, 2022ByCHARLES O. KAUFMAN
THE UKRAINE delegation attends the Maccabiah opening ceremony in Jerusalem, 2013. After the 2017 games, last year’s event was postponed due to COVID. Ukraine’s team of 40 will be part of 10,000 athletes in Israel next month.

Makkabi Germany Winter Games to be held in Bavaria in January 2023

The announcement was made at a Makkabi Germany press conference in Munich last week,

MAY 24, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Announcement of Makkabi Germany Winter Games in Munich.

Maccabi World to turn museum exhibits into NFTs

APRIL 24, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Poster of the first Maccabiah from 1930, two years before the opening date of the games in 1932. A copy by Yosef Yekutieli

Maccabiah Games: Running, kicking, riding & jumping back to Israel

This summer’s Maccabiah Games promise rewards for incoming athletes, global Jewry and local tourism professionals alike.

MARCH 16, 2022ByBARRY DAVIS
GYMNASTICS ARE a permanent fixture of the Maccabiah Games.

Maccabi World Union rescues 500 members from Ukraine

Maccabi World Union has set up a special task group led by Maccabi Europe, to rescue members of its movement from Ukraine.

MARCH 10, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Daria Garn a Ukranian refugee from Kyiv waits to board a flight at Iasi International Airport in Romania, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, on rout to Israel, March 8, 2022

Record 4 Jewish baseball players in World Series

A record four Jewish baseball players played in this year's World Series between the Atlanta Braves and the Houston Astros.

NOVEMBER 1, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Max Fried pitches in a game for the Atlanta Braves against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Aug. 9, 2020