Maccabiah

Kfar Maccabiah Hotel: A look at the 'ultimate Zionist hotel'

You won’t find a jazzy, up-to-the-minute hotel here. The decorative style is retro, and the wooden furniture could use a touch-up, but what’s missing in sleek design is compensated for in space.

Maccabiah 2025 celebrates continued commitment to advancing women in sports

Over 3,200 women are expected to participate in this year’s Maccabiah, with the goal of full gender equality by 2029.

By JERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
07/03/2025
 SOCCER MATCH during 2022 Maccabiah Games.

The ultimate meeting place between Israel and the diaspora

This summer’s Maccabiah Games may be the most meaningful ever.

8 candles, 80 opinions: The many meanings of an American Hanukkah

After October 7, Jews in America are more divided than ever.

By RABBI LEON A. MORRIS
24/12/2024

'This year’s Maccabiah Games will be the largest gathering of Jews to Israel post-October 7'

Maccabi World Union President, Michael Siegal spoke at the Gala event on Monday evening launching the 2024 Jerusalem Post Summit in Miami.

From the Maccabiah to Eilat: Two must-try luxurious vacations

Two special winter packages – pampering spa treatments at Kfar Maccabiah and the Piano Festival in Eilat – for an unforgettable experience of culture, music, and relaxation.

By MEITAL SHARABI/MAARIV
04/12/2024

Sporting Jews: The rise, fall, and rise of the 'muscular Jew'

The innovative 21st-century museum, inaugurated during the 22nd Maccabiah in 2022, depicts an under-recounted aspect of the development of Jewish identity and Zionism. 

By DANIEL BEN-TAL
03/06/2024

Argentina arrests three from Lebanon, Syria in Maccabi Games terror plot

This planned attack came multiple months after an Iraqi national was arrested for lurking outside of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, shortly after a series of bomb threats.

Argentine President Javier Milei speaks at Jewish sports tournament’s opening ceremony

Other prominent attendees included Argentine Vice President Victoria Villaruel; the US and Israeli ambassadors to Argentina, Marc Stanley and Eyal Sela; and the mayor of Buenos Aires, Jorge Macri.

By JUAN MELAMED/JTA
30/12/2023

A scaled-back Israeli delegation is headed to the Pan American Maccabi Games in Argentina

Delegation of 74 Israeli athletes will head to Argentina, 45 live in communities close to the Gaza Strip, the area attacked on Oct. 7, according to a press release from the Maccabi World Union.

By JACOB GURVIS/JTA
19/12/2023
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