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Maccabiah

Hella Eskenazi (C) poses with the Cuban delegation for the Maccabiah Games in Israel. (Courtesy Hella Eskenazi)
July 14, 2026, 10:53 pm
Five countries over four days: How Cuba’s Maccabiah Games delegation made it to Israel
Athletes representing their nation at the ‘Jewish Olympics’ had to contend with complications leaving their beleaguered island and Middle East air flight turmoil
By jacob gurvis
The entrance of Hansen House during Jerusalem Design Week, through July 16, 2026 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
July 13, 2026, 3:00 pm
Jerusalem Design Week sports a World Cup, Maccabiah Games theme
Annual event at city’s Hansen House has designers probing team colors, symbols, flags and uniforms in exhibits and installations
By Jessica Steinberg
Israel and USA Maccabiah baseball teams shake hands after the USA win, 5-1, in the final game on July 8, 2026 in Ra'anana (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
July 10, 2026, 3:38 am
Maccabiah baseball field is a symbol of Israeli resilience – and a home – for players and fans
Israel loses series against USA in ‘Jewish Olympics,’ but at Ezra Schwartz Memorial Field, named for US-born terror victim, community bonds over off-the-field losses and love of the game
By Jessica Steinberg
The opening ceremony of the 20th Maccabiah Games in Jerusalem, July 6, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 16, 2026, 2:43 pm
In the shadow of another Iran war, Maccabiah Games in Israel set to go ahead in July
After last year’s international competition of 8,000 Jewish athletes from around was canceled, organizers cautiously hope the 2026 redo will meet expectations
By Zev Stub
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
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
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
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
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
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
Baruch Ben-Ygal, the father of Sgt. Amit Ben-Ygal, and other family and friends mourn at the slain soldier's funeral in Beer Yaakov cemetery, May 12, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
May 15, 2020, 7:47 am
Australian mourns slain soldier whose dad saved his life at ’97 Maccabiah Games
‘I am devastated,’ says Tom Goldman; the families have remained good friends for years, and the late Amit Ben-Ygal called Goldman his ‘grandfather’
By JTA
The Israel delegation at the Pan-American Maccabi Games (YouTube screenshot)
July 12, 2019, 9:35 am
Largest Jewish sporting event of the Americas being held in Mexico
The 14th edition of the Pan-American Maccabi Games features 3,800 athletes from 19 countries competing in 24 sports
By JTA
Canadian hockey player Avi Steinberg and his girlfriend of four years, and recent convert to Judaism, Rachel Dixon, get married at the opening ceremony of the Maccabiah 20th Games in Jerusalem, July 6, 2017. (Screenshot)
July 7, 2017, 4:55 am
Surprise wedding thrills attendees at Maccabiah opening
Thousands cheer on-stage proposal and immediate nuptials of Canadian hockey player and his girlfriend; officiating Orthodox rabbi hails openness to converts amid current intra-Jewish disputes
By ToI Staff
The gold medal-winning team for the culinary competition: Standing, L-R is Team Australia, Ido Zarmi, Ronit Robbaz, Zohar Flantz, Michael Solomonov. Sitting L-R is Team Israel: Osama Dalal, Shalom Ghenesh and Lamees Salem and Team USA: Yehuda Sichel, Lissadel Cohen Serrins and Lior Lev Sercarz. (Courtesy Sara Weinstein)
July 7, 2017, 12:36 am
Maccabiah chefs turn up heat for culinary contest
The 20th round of the World Games opened with a little cuisine competition
By Jessica Steinberg
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