19th Maccabiah Games - 2013

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Nearly 10,000 Athletes to Participate in Maccabiah Games
Over 9,500 athletes from 78 countries will gather Thursday night for the opening of the 19th Maccabiah Games.​

By David Lev
First Publish: 7/18/2013, 10:27 AM


Over 9,500 athletes from 78 countries will gather in Kfar Maccabiah near Tel Aviv Thursday night July 18th for the opening of the 19th Maccabiah Games. This will be the biggest Maccabiah in history, with contests in 42 different events.

Participants in the games hail from all over the Jewish world. The Israeli contingent, with 2,943 athletes, will be the largest in the games, followed by the delegation from the U.S., which is sending 1,121 participants. Canada sent 606 players, Britain 444, Brazil 435, Australia 418, Argentina 403, South Africa 359, Russia 198, Germany 195, and Mexico 187.

The Maccabiah Torch, which like the Olympic torch travels the world, will be carried in the opening ceremonies by Arik Zeevi, Nir Davidowitz, Noam Gershoni and Eli Reisman – all of whom won medals in the Olympics for Israel. The opening ceremony will take place at the stadium in Kfar Mccabiah, with 30,000 people in attendance.

The Maccabiah Games were conceived as a “Jewish Olympics,” with the first games held in 1932. According to historians, the year was chosen specifically because it was the 1800th anniversary of the Bar Kochva rebellion, the last major resistance put up by the Jews to Rome. The second games were held in 1935, with the next one taking place only in 1950, due to World War II and the Holocaust years. Since then, the event has been held every four years.

The games consist of athletic contests in areas like swimming, running, track and field, and other Olympic-style events, and generally follow the rules of the Olympics – and in fact, are seen as somewhat of a staging ground for the Olympics, as several dozen athletes who participated in the Maccabiah later went on to win medals in the Olympics.

Nearly 10,000 Athletes to Participate in Maccabiah - Inside Israel - News - Israel National News

 

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A really neat Israeli event. But not as exciting as the Palestinian Olympics where they line up together & pull their pins to see who can scatter their body parts the furthest.

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Nearly 10,000 Athletes to Participate in Maccabiah Games
Over 9,500 athletes from 78 countries will gather Thursday night for the opening of the 19th Maccabiah Games.​

By David Lev
First Publish: 7/18/2013, 10:27 AM


Over 9,500 athletes from 78 countries will gather in Kfar Maccabiah near Tel Aviv Thursday night July 18th for the opening of the 19th Maccabiah Games. This will be the biggest Maccabiah in history, with contests in 42 different events.

Participants in the games hail from all over the Jewish world. The Israeli contingent, with 2,943 athletes, will be the largest in the games, followed by the delegation from the U.S., which is sending 1,121 participants. Canada sent 606 players, Britain 444, Brazil 435, Australia 418, Argentina 403, South Africa 359, Russia 198, Germany 195, and Mexico 187.

The Maccabiah Torch, which like the Olympic torch travels the world, will be carried in the opening ceremonies by Arik Zeevi, Nir Davidowitz, Noam Gershoni and Eli Reisman – all of whom won medals in the Olympics for Israel. The opening ceremony will take place at the stadium in Kfar Mccabiah, with 30,000 people in attendance.

The Maccabiah Games were conceived as a “Jewish Olympics,” with the first games held in 1932. According to historians, the year was chosen specifically because it was the 1800th anniversary of the Bar Kochva rebellion, the last major resistance put up by the Jews to Rome. The second games were held in 1935, with the next one taking place only in 1950, due to World War II and the Holocaust years. Since then, the event has been held every four years.

The games consist of athletic contests in areas like swimming, running, track and field, and other Olympic-style events, and generally follow the rules of the Olympics – and in fact, are seen as somewhat of a staging ground for the Olympics, as several dozen athletes who participated in the Maccabiah later went on to win medals in the Olympics.

Nearly 10,000 Athletes to Participate in Maccabiah - Inside Israel - News - Israel National News

 

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30,000 Cheer Netanyahu, Obama at Maccabiah Opening
It was party time in Jerusalem Thursday night, as over 9,500 athletes from 78 countries gathered for the Maccabiah games​

By David Lev
First Publish: 7/19/2013, 3:21 PM

In a gala event attended by some 30,000 people, with parades, fireworks, music, and speeches by world leaders – including U.S. President Barack H. Obama – the 19th Maccabiah Games kicked off Thursday night in Jerusalem. Over 9,500 athletes from 78 countries are in Israel for the Games. It's the biggest Maccabiah in history, with contests in 42 different events.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, President Shimon Peres, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, and other Israeli officials welcomed the participants. “This is your country,” Netanyahu said, proclaiming the opening of the games to the loud cheers of the crowd.

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President Obama addressed the crowd as well, via a pre-recorded message. The Games, Obama said, “are a great reminder of how sports can bring people together, and also a great example of friendship between nations, especially between Israel and the United States.” To everyone participating Obama wished good luck, “and to those of you on Team USA, we can't wait to see what you accomplish,” the President said, taking a moment to wish a happy 90 th birthday to Shimon Peres, whom he called “an example of vitality and dedication to all of us.”

Also speaking via pre-recorded message was UK Foreign Minister David Cameron, who called the Games “a tremendous force for good bringing Jewish people together from across the world. As we saw in the Olympics in Britain last year, sport has a unique capability of bringing people together,” Cameron said, adding “to the 420 members of Team GB, do us proud and bring the gold home to Britain.”

The Maccabiah Games were conceived as a “Jewish Olympics,” with the first games held in 1932. According to historians, the year was chosen specifically because it was the 1800th anniversary of the Bar Kochva rebellion, the last major resistance put up by the Jews to Rome. The second games were held in 1935, with the next one taking place only in 1950, due to World War II and the Holocaust years. Since then, the event has been held every four years.

The games consist of athletic contests in areas like swimming, running, track and field, and other Olympic-style events, and generally follow the rules of the Olympics – and in fact, are seen as somewhat of a staging ground for the Olympics, as several dozen athletes who participated in the Maccabiah later went on to win medals in the Olympics.

30,000 Cheer Netanyahu, Obama at Maccabiah Opening - Inside Israel - News - Israel National News

 

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[sealadaigh]

let's talk apartheid...

 

[Lipush]

Lets stay on topic.

 

[sealadaigh]

Lets stay on topic.

jews only games pretty much now. some lip service to israeli palestinians. some state sponsorship.

i'm just saying.

 

[Lipush]

The topic is the Maccabiah.

Lets stay on topic

 

[sealadaigh]

The topic is the Maccabiah.

Lets stay on topic

who participates in the maccabiah games.

 

[Lipush]

Seriously? you're pink now? We were having such a nice talk.... Oh, ok.