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Maccabiah Games close in Jerusalem with Israel topping medal count

Jewish Journal July 31, 2013

Israel handily won the most medals at the 19th Maccabiah Games, which came to a close in Jerusalem.

At the Maccabiah, making mom, grandma and great-grandma proud

Jewish Journal July 22, 2013

For a week before they started competing, many of the 1,100 U.S. athletes in this year’s Maccabiah Games toured Israel and learned about their Jewish heritage.

Aly Raisman, Amar’e Stoudemire to participate in upcoming Maccabiah Games

Jewish Journal July 15, 2013

The 19th Maccabiah Games begin this week. Of the 8,000 athletes from around the world descending on Israel for what some call the “Jewish Olympics,” 1,100 will hail from America.

Soccer tourney brings Arabs, Jews together

Jewish Journal June 6, 2013

Despite the summer heat radiating off of the soccer field, dozens of former professional soccer players from all over the world — and of varying faiths — gathered to play a friendly “Soccer Peace Tournament” on June 2 at Calabasas High School.

Maccabi Tel Aviv back on top but coach future uncertain

Jewish Journal May 21, 2013

Champions Maccabi Tel Aviv have reasserted their dominance of Israeli soccer but media reports on Tuesday suggested they might have to continue their revival without coach Oscar Garcia.

Frisbee — the ultimate peace negotiator

Ryan Torok January 2, 2013

Who would have thought that a Frisbee could be used to build bridges between bitter enemies? Ultimate Peace, an organization founded in 2008 by American Ultimate Frisbee players, tries to do just that. By running a weeklong overnight summer camp in Israel and other activities throughout the year that are open to Jewish-Israeli, Arab-Israeli and Palestinian youth, it aims to improve relations between the groups, one flying disc at a time.