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maccabiah
Raisman, Down Under athletes soar among Jewish Olympians
U.S. gymnast Aly Raisman and athletes from Down Under were the story for Jewish sports fans at the London Olympics.
Maccabiah tryouts coming to L.A.
While hundreds of American athletes are eagerly anticipating the beginning of the Olympics in London this month, another Team USA is preparing for a different international competition.
Seth Greenberg, Maccabiah basketball coach, is out at Va. Tech
Seth Greenberg, who will coach the U.S. men\’s basketball team at the 2013 Maccabiah Games, was fired by Virginia Tech.
Moving Maccabiah’s opening offers ‘fresh start,’ son of bridge collapse victim says
The son of a victim of the 1997 Maccabiah bridge disaster welcomed the decision to move the Games\’ opening ceremony to Jerusalem.
Dodgers continue support for Maccabiah games
The Los Angeles Dodgers will again underwrite the baseball tournament at the Maccabiah games in Israel, according to an announcement from the Maccabiah Organizing Committee. Frank McCourt, though occupied with ownership of the team and a contentious divorce, said, “Our sponsorship hugely enhanced the baseball experience at the 18th Maccabiah Games in 2009, and the Dodgers are proud to continue our close association with the Jewish Olympics.
Maccabiah Results: Team USA Wins 82 Medals in the First Full Week of Competition
Tel Aviv, Israel, July, 21 – Team USA has won 25 Gold, 26 Silver and 31 Bronze Medals in the first full week of competition at the 18th Maccabiah Games. Competition began on Sunday, July 12 and in addition to the medal count, both Jason Lezak and Andrea Murez broke Maccabiah Records in their first day of competition on July 19.
Maccabiah athletes find Jewish pride, not just sport, at Games
Singing \”Shalom Aleichem,\” the group of Maccabiah athletes usher in Shabbat together at a brightly lit hotel dining hall, their Hungarian, Spanish, Finnish and British accents momentarily melting into a unified chorus of Hebrew.