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800 nominations received for next year’s Maccabiah Game

Momentum is building towards Australia’s 2017 Maccabiah Games campaign, with over 800 nominations received by Maccabi Australia from athletes and officials hoping to be on the plane to Israel next year.

Another Opening Another Games

An Australian Maccabi team is currently in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where the participated in the opening ceremony of the JCC Maccabi Games and Artfest.
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Indonesia refuses visa to Israeli badminton player

World Jewish Congress (WJC) CEO Robert Singer has criticized the authorities in Indonesia for “unfairly mixing politics and sports” and denying a visa to Israel player Misha Zilberman which would allow him to compete in the World Badminton Championships held in the capital Jakarta next week.

Jewish League footballers discovered

As part of activities around the AFL's multicultural round, historians have discovered the identity of two more Jewish League footballers.

Maccabi JCC Games Dallas

Dallas - August 2015 and 300 local competitors will join 1000 international visitors to take to track, field and pool to compete in the 2015 JCC Maccabi Games.

The Party’s Over

One last evening of saying goodbyes and that was it...the end of a highly successful 2013 Maccabi Junior Carnival.