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
MAXIM HERKIN'S family watches his release from Gaza this week 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

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
ISRAELI JUDOKA Raz Hershko – a silver medalist at the 2024 Olympics – is unable to get to the World Championships in Budapest this week to compete.

Time out: Israeli athletes, sports in limbo

The country declared a state of emergency, closing skies for air travel, affecting Israel’s top athletes and sports teams for upcoming competitions.

|ByJOSHUA HALICKMAN
THEN US PRESIDENT Joe Biden poses with athletes at the opening ceremony of the 21st Maccabiah in Jerusalem in July 2022. On Monday, this year's edition of the Games was officially postponed until next summer due to the war with Iran.

Maccabiah Games postponed to 2026 in shadow of Israel's war with Iran

The 2025 Maccabiah Games, set for July, have been postponed until 2026 due to escalating security risks in Israel.

|ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF

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.

MAY 31, 2022ByCHARLES O. KAUFMAN
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,

MAY 24, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Announcement of Makkabi Germany Winter Games in Munich.

Maccabi World to turn museum exhibits into NFTs

APRIL 24, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

MARCH 16, 2022ByBARRY DAVIS
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.

MARCH 10, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

NOVEMBER 1, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021ByRINA GALMOR
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.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
(L-R) Olympic medalists Avishag Samberg, Linoy Ashram and Yael Arad.

Grapevine August 31, 2021: Biased Behavior

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

AUGUST 31, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG at the Maccabi World Union centenary celebration, with a background photograph in which his father is pictured in the group photo taken at the 12th Maccabiah Games.

I knew Hanukkah celebrated defeating the Greeks. Then I moved to Athens

My experiences here so far, while smaller and more limited due to coronavirus restrictions, have provided me with a remarkable new understanding of the history of that period.

DECEMBER 13, 2020ByRABBI ELIRAN SHABO
A MAN ready for battle, possibly a Maccabee, holding a shield and spear.