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.

No. 38: Larry Frank playing for Vanderbilt University.
Maccabi Tel Aviv players celebrating.

Maccabi Tel Aviv rallies, downs Jerusalem in State Cup semis

MAXIM HERKIN'S family watches his release from Gaza this week at Kfar Maccabiah.

Maccabi World Union hosts released hostages, families 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


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.

 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.

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.

 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,

Announcement of Makkabi Germany Winter Games in Munich.

Maccabi World to turn museum exhibits into NFTs

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.

 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.

 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.

Max Fried pitches in a game for the Atlanta Braves against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Aug. 9, 2020

Spending the holidays at Kfar Maccabiah

 KFAR MACCABIAH HOTEL has swimming pools, a fitness club, a spa and tennis courts.

Pres. Herzog, Jewish athletes celebrate 100 years of Maccabi World Union

The event featured the ceremonial passing of the Maccabiah torch, ahead of the return of the Jewish Olympics in July 2022, following a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 (L-R) Olympic medalists Avishag Samberg, Linoy Ashram and Yael Arad.