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Barak’s big day – Paralympian finally breaks through for a medal at fourth Maccabiah.
July 13, 2017 by David Weiner
It has been four Maccabiah Games without medal success and four long years for table tennis star Barak Mizrachi in search of redemption from an opportunity missed last time here. [Read more]
International Jewish athletes ‘return’ to Jerusalem for 20th Maccabiah Games
June 18, 2017 by Adam Abrams - JNS.org
During the 20th Maccabiah Games next month, about 7,000 Jewish athletes from 80 countries will descend upon the Holy Land to join 2,500 Israeli athletes in the Olympic-style competition…writes Adam Abrams/JNS.0rg. [Read more]
Farewell to the NSW Maccabiah contingent…and 1997 remembered
May 23, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
The countdown to the 2017 Maccabiah Games has really ramped up, with the first of three official farewells held for the 570-strong delegation held in Sydney on Sunday to farewell the New South Wales contingent. [Read more]
Bialik’s athletes meet the torch
May 4, 2017 by Talia Katz
The custodian of the Maccabiah Games Torch, Alida Lipton has presented the torch to some of Melbourne’s Bialik College athletes who will be travelling to Israel for the 20th Maccabiah Games. [Read more]
Maccabiah swimmers bond in the pool
April 26, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Fifty swimmers from around Australia came together for a long weekend of training, motivation and bonding in Noosa, on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. [Read more]
Plans to farewell the Maccabiah delegation
April 21, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
Australia’s largest ever Maccabiah delegation will get the send-off they deserve before heading to Israel, with functions planned in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth in May and June. [Read more]
589 heading for the Maccabiah
April 6, 2017 by J-Wire News Service
Australia’s 2017 Maccabiah Games management gathered in Wollongong in New South Wales for a leadership summit headlined by a keynote address from AOC Chef De Mission to the 2016 Rio Olympics, Kitty Chiller. [Read more]
Eighty countries – one heart
March 22, 2017 by David Weiner
Maccabi World Union has unveiled their slogan for the 20th edition of the Maccabiah Games to be held later this year. [Read more]
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