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FRIDAY MARKS the 93rd anniversary of the inaugural Maccabiah Games, which will take place once again this summer.

Maccabi World Union commemorates 93rd anniversary of first Maccabiah Games

By JERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF

MACCABI WORLD UNION – which is gearing up for its quadrennial flagship event, the Maccabiah, this summer – spans six continents, with 450 clubs in over 70 countries.

Maccabi World Union Congress kicks off celebration of sport, unity, Jewish identity

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

Nonprofits should be at the front line of forming a functioning society

Retro, spacious room.

Kfar Maccabiah Hotel: A look at the 'ultimate Zionist hotel'

By BARBARA SOFER

OVER 3,200 women are expected to participate in this year’s Maccabiah, with the goal of full gender equality by 2029.

Maccabiah 2025 celebrates continued commitment to advancing women in sports

By JERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF

SOCCER MATCH during 2022 Maccabiah Games.

The ultimate meeting place between Israel and the diaspora

By ALAN ROSENBAUM

The "National Menorah" in Washington, D.C., Dec. 6, 2023.

8 candles, 80 opinions: The many meanings of an American Hanukkah

By Rabbi Leon A. Morris

Michael Siegal, president of Maccabi World Union

'This year’s Maccabiah Games will be the largest gathering of Jews to Israel post-October 7'

By ALAN ROSENBAUM

Calma Spa, Kfar Maccabiah

From the Maccabiah to Eilat: Two must-try luxurious vacations

By MEITAL SHARABI/MAARIV

Osnat Zur (left), director of the Iris Smith World Jewish Sports Museum in Ramat Gan’s Kfar Hamaccabiah campus, with a museum guest under a chandelier comprising more than 200 sports medals.

Sporting Jews: The rise, fall, and rise of the 'muscular Jew'

By DANIEL BEN-TAL

Two of the three suspects arrested in Argentina for planning a terror attack on the Jewish community in Buenos Aires

Argentina arrests three from Lebanon, Syria in Maccabi Games terror plot

By JOANIE MARGULIES

ARGENTINA’S PRESIDENT Javier Milei takes part in a Hanukkah celebration in Buenos Aires, last week.

Argentine President Javier Milei speaks at Jewish sports tournament’s opening ceremony

By Juan Melamed/JTA

From left to right: Israeli delegation member Romina Roni, Maccabi World Union Vice Chairman Riki Kanterevicz and Argentinian Ambassador Francisco Tropepi.

A scaled-back Israeli delegation is headed to the Pan American Maccabi Games in Argentina

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA

World Jewish Sports Museum offers Hanukkah specials

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

An AIPAC attendee sport a US-Israel themed suit

Alan Sherman, a champion of Jewish sports and US-Israeli relations, dies at 87

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA

Competitors play pickleball on courts set up in the outfield of Fenway Park, home of Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox, during the 2023 Ballpark Series in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., July 14, 2023.

Pickleball, America’s fastest-growing sport, is a hit at Jewish camps and sports tournaments

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA

TRAINING AT the Olympic Fencing Center, Acre.

Jewish fencer Eli Dershwitz becomes first US man to win sabre World Championship

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA

Maccabiah Opening Ceremony

Assaf Goren to lead Maccabiah 2025

By JERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF