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International Judo Federation suspends Iran over its avoidance of competing with Israel

The International Judo Federation (IJF) on Wednesday announced it had officially suspended Iran over its directive to its Judoka Saeid Mollaei to withdraw from a recent competition to avoid a contest against Israel’s Sagi Muki. [Read more]

It takes a team to support a team

Australia’s proud history of participation at Maccabiah is set to continue at the 21^stMaccabiah Games in 2021. [Read more]

A Hakoah hero passes away..

Former Hakoah player and coach Gerry Chaldi passed away this week in the Montefiore Home in Sydney’s Hunters Hill on the day his daughter Alex was married in Israel where she lives. [Read more]

He survived Bergen-Belsen and the 1972 Munich Olympics and still competes

Prof. Shaul Ladany is both a survivor of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in which he was an inmate for six months and of the terrorist attack on the Israeli Olympic team at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games in which he participated as a 50 kilometer race walker. This  week marks the 47th anniversary of the attack. [Read more]

Israeli Judoka Sagi Muki takes Gold at World Championship

Israeli judoka Sagi Muki on Wednesday won the gold medal in the under 81 kg weight category at the Judo World Championship in Tokyo, becoming the first Israeli in history to win the title. [Read more]

Budapest plays host to 15thEuropean Maccabi Games

The Hungarian Jewish Community were ecstatic to welcome almost 3,000 athletes from 42 countries as they played host to the European Maccabi Games. [Read more]

Finals beckoning for Maccabi women

It has been a huge season for Sydney’s Maccabi Seniors Women’s AAW5 team, as the finals draw near. [Read more]

Sydney Athlete to Serve Commonwealth Games

Sydneysider Matt Levy has been confirmed as a co-chair of the Athlete Advisory Group (AAG).

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