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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 424

Maccabiah Games

Alan Sherman, second from right, at a gathering of the United States Committee Sports for Israel. (Courtesy of Maccabi USA via JTA)
August 1, 2023, 8:50 am
Alan Sherman, champion of Jewish sports and US-Israel relations, dies at 87
‘Visionary’ enthusiast had a lifetime commitment to strengthening opportunities for Jewish athletes, including decades of involvement with the global Maccabiah movement
By jacob gurvis
Team Morocco files into the Haifa International Convention Center at the opening ceremony for the 41st JCC Maccabi Games, July 9, 2023. (JCC Association)
July 11, 2023, 11:39 am
‘Build bridges of understanding with fellow Jews,’ Herzog tells young JCC athletes
1,000 participants from around the world are competing in the 41st annual JCC Maccabi Games, this year in Israel
By Gila Kalman
Former ESPN anchor Chris Berman speaks during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Centennial Class of 2020 enshrinement ceremonies in Canton, Ohio, August 7, 2021. (MSA/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images via JT)
January 7, 2023, 4:11 am
ESPN’s Chris Berman among 11 International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 2023 inductees
The list includes athletes and sports figures from across sports and around the world — from water polo to fencing, and from the United States to Hungary
By jacob gurvis
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
When Adam Henry lost his mother Judy, the Maccabiah Games helped provide comfort. (Courtesy: Jack Wiener/via JTA)
July 27, 2022, 6:13 am
How the Maccabiah Games supported a Jewish family in the face of tragedy
A gold medal from a 2017 competition that soccer player Adam Henry was unable to compete in reminds the athlete of the communal support he received after suddenly losing his mom
By jacob gurvis
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
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
The opening ceremony of the Maccabiah Games in Jerusalem. Thousands of competitors from all over the world will take part in the Maccabiah Games, dubbed the 'Jewish Olympics'. July 14, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 14, 2022, 11:21 pm
Rainbow of flags as largest-ever Maccabiah kicks off in Jerusalem with Biden on hand
US president, first ever to attend ‘Jewish Olympics’ held every four years, tells American athletes he is ‘damn proud of them,’ validating one of world’s largest competitions
By Melanie Lidman and ToI Staff
A temporary memorial built after the 1997 Maccabiah disaster (photo credit: Maccabi Archive)
July 14, 2022, 4:14 pm
25 years later, today’s Australian delegation remembers the Maccabiah Bridge tragedy
Few will forget the awful images of people plunging into the Yarkon River on July 14, 1997. Survivors remember in vivid detail the crackling of the bridge as it began to collapse
By AJN Staff
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
Athletes line up at the 3rd Maccabiah Games in Ramat Gan, Israel, 1950. (Edgar Hirshbein/KKL–JNF Photo Archive via JTA)
July 7, 2022, 8:31 am
Ahead of the 21st Maccabiah Games, photos from the archives of the ‘Jewish Olympics’
Since 1932, every four years 10,000 or so athletes converge in Israel for the world’s largest Jewish athletic competition; here is a trip down the Jewish sports memory lane
By jacob gurvis
The Knesset, in Jerusalem, on June 30, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 30, 2022, 2:05 pm
Daily Briefing June 30: 11th-hour drama as the Knesset officially disbands, finally
Carrie Keller-Lynn reports on November 1 election date and the bills that didn’t make it; Judah Ari Gross on pop culture and family purity laws, no Russian team for Maccabiah Games
By ToI Staff
Jewish athletes participating in the 20th Maccabiah Games wave their national flag during the opening ceremony in Jerusalem, July 6, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 29, 2022, 8:37 pm
Russians will compete in this year’s Maccabiah Games, but Russia won’t
Organizers claim Russia and Belarus withdrew four months ago, a day after UK’s Jewish News highlighted website entry showing Russia to play Ukraine in women’s beach volleyball
By Judah Ari Gross
Jewish athletes participating in the 20th Maccabiah Games, wave their national flag during the opening ceremony of the Maccabiah Games in Jerusalem, July 6, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 2, 2020, 6:51 pm
2021 Maccabiah Games postponed by a year amid coronavirus pandemic
‘Jewish Olympics’ for over 10,000 global athletes were scheduled to take place in Israel next June
By ToI Staff
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