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Maccabiah 2022

The opening ceremony of the 20th Maccabiah Games, the world's largest Jewish athletic competition, March 5, 2017. (Flash90)
June 21, 2025, 8:30 am
Postponing Maccabiah due to war, organizers want 2026 games to be ‘bigger than Olympics’
Delay of ‘Jewish Olympics’ that brings 8,000 competitors from 55 countries to Israel prompts sadness and pragmatic optimism: ‘We just hope the war is over quickly’
By Zev Stub
JJ Harel shows off his AAU medals. (Lucy Harel/via JTA)
September 18, 2022, 5:12 pm
14-year-old eyes 2028 Olympic high jump team, but under which flag?
JJ Harel needs to decide whether, if he gets there, to march into the Olympic stadium under the American, Australian or Israeli flag
By Tom Tugend
Israeli and US wheelchair basketball teams square off in the final match of the competition at the Jerusalem International YMCA on July 21, 2022. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
August 5, 2022, 3:02 pm
Israeli team takes gold in Maccabiah wheelchair basketball tournament
Athletes lament poor turnout at this year’s games but are optimistic about the future; US captain says organizers did a good job respecting wheelchair basketball as a sport
By Charlie Summers
The final Futsal match between United States and Australia as part of the Maccabiah Games in Jerusalem on July 22, 2022. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
August 5, 2022, 1:21 am
The Maccabiah Games are dead; long live the Maccabiah Games
The sporting festivities were once about Muscular Judaism; now they’re more about fun, friends and maybe ‘aliyah’
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: South African Keegan David Cohen lifts a barbell during the clean-and-jerk segment of the Maccabiah's weightlifting competition in Jerusalem on July 19, 2022. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
August 3, 2022, 3:12 pm
‘Muscular Judaism’: Athletes compete for unofficial title of world’s strongest Jew
Bringing weightlifting back to the Maccabiah Games after over 3 decades, competitors from around the globe — amateurs and pros — hoist barbells in staggering shows of strength
By Judah Ari Gross
Argentina's 35-plus soccer squad celebrates winning gold at the Maccabiah Games in Israel. (Courtesy of FACCMA/via JTA)
July 30, 2022, 3:38 am
At the ‘Jewish Olympics,’ scores of Argentine athletes play under other flags
Thanks to rules on players with multiple citizenships, Maccabiah 2022 sees smaller delegations bolstered by a nation with some of the highest-quality Jewish players in the world
By Juan Melamed
Freya Levy. (Screenshot/Twitter)
July 24, 2022, 6:50 pm
Once homeless, para athlete Freya Levy finds a home at the Maccabiah Games
Levy, who was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy as a teenager, has beaten the odds to compete globally in wheelchair basketball: ‘I try to do as much as I can, while I can’
By Ethan Freedman
Visitors attend a concert by the band Teapacks at the Maccabiah Village on Netanya's Poleg beach on July 19, 2022. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
July 20, 2022, 7:54 pm
Maccabiah fans gather on Netanya coast for beachside festivities
Introduced for the first time this year, ‘Maccabiah Village’ draws Israeli and Diaspora Jews alike to Poleg beach for 8 days of sports, food and music
By Charlie Summers
Moshe 'MB' Klyman, right, with his friend Naftali Horowitz in Montreal during the 2018 Concordia Cup tournament. (Courtesy)
July 18, 2022, 4:00 pm
Orthodox wrestler from Teaneck takes to mat in Beersheba for 21st Maccabiah Games
Moshe ‘MB’ Klyman was the only Sabbath observant athlete in his hotel when he last wrestled for Canada at the ‘Jewish Olympics’; this year he’s aiming to take gold for Team USA
By Charlie Summers
US President Joe Biden poses for a picture with US athletes competing in the Maccabiah Games at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem on July 14, 2022. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)
July 18, 2022, 12:51 pm
Daily Briefing July 18 – Political footballs: 2022 Maccabiah Games, Beitar Jerusalem
Diaspora correspondent Judah Ari Gross on Western Wall conflict concerns and the ‘Jewish Olympics’; news editor Amy Spiro on Jerusalem’s soccer club saga and Eurovision
By ToI Staff
From left: Alan, Diego, and Eugenio Garfinkle in an undated family photo in Montevideo, Uruguay. (Courtesy Eugenio Garfinkle)
July 17, 2022, 2:14 pm
3 generations of Uruguayan athletes suit up for abuelo’s ‘bar mitzvah’ Maccabiah
82-year-old Eugenio Garfinkle takes to the tennis courts in his 13th appearance at the Jewish Olympics, while his son and grandson represent on the football field
By Melanie Lidman
Chelsey Goldberg (R), captain of the Maccabi USA women's ice hockey team, posing for a photo. (Joya Create)
July 16, 2022, 11:30 am
After being iced for years, women’s hockey teams finally lace up at Maccabiah Games
Following a nearly decade-long effort, Southern California Jewish Sports Hall-of-Famer Chelsey Goldberg helps field three teams to their inaugural tournament
By Ethan Freedman
Aerial view of the Maccabiah compound on Poleg beach, Netanya, July 11, 2022. The access road cut through the dune can be seen on the right. (|Rika Edelman)
July 14, 2022, 6:41 pm
Netanya accused of abusing fragile beach ecosystem with facility for Maccabiah Games
Local residents and Society for Protection of Nature say city violated national planning committee rules; Maccabiah denies allegations
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: The Israeli Delegation takes part in the opening ceremony of the 20th Maccabiah Games in Jerusalem, July 6, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 14, 2022, 7:47 am
As 21st ‘Jewish Olympics’ kick off in Israel, organizers set sights on wooing sabras
Quadrennial games officially begin Thursday and will see 30,000 individual competitions across 42 sports over the next two weeks, while a team of ‘olim’ makes its debut appearance
By Melanie Lidman
The sky illuminated by lighting at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, as Air Force One is seen in the foreground ahead of President Joe Biden departing for a trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia, July 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
July 13, 2022, 1:59 pm
Daily Briefing July 13: The eagle lands; wonders of 4th COVID vaccine – and broccoli
US correspondent Jacob Magid delves into last-minute Israeli housekeeping ahead of the Biden trip; health reporter Nathan Jeffay on polio and a promising new antibacterial agent
By ToI Staff
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