This year (2009) the 18 Maccabiah takes place between the 11th of July - 23th of July.
The Maccabiah, referred to as the "Jewish Olympics” is the world’s largest Jewish athletic competition, facilitating a worldwide gathering of young Jewish athletes from all over the world. The Maccabiah emphasizing the centrality of the State of Israel in the life of the Jewish People. Held in Israel the year following the Olympic Games. Every four years, the best Jewish athletes from throughout the world compete in Open, Masters, juniors, and Disabled competitions. The Maccabiah stage under the values of Maccabi World Union.
The Maccabiah was first held in 1932, in the midst of a worldwide depression. The Games are now the 3rd largest sporting event in the world, after the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games.
The 18th Maccabiah will take place in July 2009. The organizing committee believes that this will be the largest games held yet. This 18th Maccabiah, symbolizing maturity in life, is an expression of Maccabi World Union at its best, the meaning of its name, values and the history of the Maccabiah enterprise itself as the largest event and most significant social tradition of the Jewish People and the Zionist Movement in recent generations.
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