Maccabiah

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
No. 38: Larry Frank playing for Vanderbilt University.
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
MAXIM HERKIN'S family watches his release from Gaza this week at Kfar 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

|ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
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

The Maccabiah – often dubbed the “Jewish Olympics” – was set to be the largest in its 93-year history, with over 8,000 Jewish athletes from 55 countries slated to compete.

|ByAMI GRABER

Maccabiah 2025 celebrates continued commitment to advancing women in sports

Over 3,200 women are expected to participate in this year’s Maccabiah, with the goal of full gender equality by 2029.

MARCH 7, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
OVER 3,200 women are expected to participate in this year’s Maccabiah, with the goal of full gender equality by 2029.

The Maccabiah: The ultimate meeting place between Israel and the diaspora

This summer’s Maccabiah Games may be the most meaningful ever.

FEBRUARY 6, 2025ByALAN ROSENBAUM
SOCCER MATCH during 2022 Maccabiah Games.

8 candles, 80 opinions: The many meanings of an American Hanukkah - opinion

After October 7, Jews in America are more divided than ever.

DECEMBER 24, 2024ByRABBI LEON A. MORRIS
The "National Menorah" in Washington, D.C., Dec. 6, 2023.

'This year’s Maccabiah Games will be the largest gathering of Jews to Israel post-October 7'

Maccabi World Union President, Michael Siegal spoke at the Gala event on Monday evening launching the 2024 Jerusalem Post Summit in Miami.

DECEMBER 10, 2024ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Michael Siegal, president of Maccabi World Union

From the Maccabiah to Eilat: Two must-try luxurious vacations

Two special winter packages – pampering spa treatments at Kfar Maccabiah and the Piano Festival in Eilat – for an unforgettable experience of culture, music, and relaxation.

DECEMBER 4, 2024ByMEITAL SHARABI/MAARIV
Calma Spa, Kfar Maccabiah

Sporting Jews: The rise, fall, and rise of the 'muscular Jew'

The innovative 21st-century museum, inaugurated during the 22nd Maccabiah in 2022, depicts an under-recounted aspect of the development of Jewish identity and Zionism. 

JUNE 3, 2024ByDANIEL BEN-TAL
Osnat Zur (left), director of the Iris Smith World Jewish Sports Museum in Ramat Gan’s Kfar Hamaccabiah campus, with a museum guest under a chandelier comprising more than 200 sports medals.

Argentina arrests three from Lebanon, Syria in Maccabi Games terror plot

This planned attack came multiple months after an Iraqi national was arrested for lurking outside of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, shortly after a series of bomb threats.

JANUARY 3, 2024ByJOANIE MARGULIES
Two of the three suspects arrested in Argentina for planning a terror attack on the Jewish community in Buenos Aires

Argentine President Javier Milei speaks at Jewish sports tournament’s opening ceremony

Other prominent attendees included Argentine Vice President Victoria Villaruel; the US and Israeli ambassadors to Argentina, Marc Stanley and Eyal Sela; and the mayor of Buenos Aires, Jorge Macri.

DECEMBER 30, 2023ByJUAN MELAMED/JTA
ARGENTINA’S PRESIDENT Javier Milei takes part in a Hanukkah celebration in Buenos Aires, last week.

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