This is the Forward’s coverage of the Maccabiah Games, the Jewish Olympics.
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Fast Forward Shabbat Meal at European Maccabi Games Sets Guinness Record
A Shabbat meal at the European Maccabi Games has broken a Guinness World Record. Some 2,322 Jewish men and women gathered Friday night for a meal held by Chabad-Lubavitch at the games in Berlin, Chabad.org reported, making it the largest Shabbat meal ever. Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, the head of Chabad in that German city, presided…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Graffiti Painted on Remnants of Berlin Wall
Unknown vandals defaced a famous mural on remnants of the Berlin Wall with anti-Semitic graffiti. The attack comes during a week when several thousand Jewish visitors are participating in the first ever European Maccabi Games to be held in Germany. The mural, originally painted in 1988 as a reminder of the 40th anniversary of the…
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Fast Forward Maccabi Games Open in Berlin With History as Backdrop
(JTA) — Seventy-nine summers after Marty Glickman’s Olympics uniform was rendered as useless as a jilted bride’s wedding dress, his daughter Nancy wore the same uniform to light the cauldron that officially opened the European Maccabi Games here. Her late father’s removal from the U.S. track team hours before the 4×100 meter relay in the still-standing…
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Fast Forward Berlin Hosts ‘Jewish Olympics’ in Hitler’s Stadium
Seven decades after Adolf Hitler sought to stop Jews from competing in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, more than 2,500 Jewish competitors will take part in the 14th European Maccabi Games from Wednesday at the same Olympic Stadium. Germany, home to the world’s fast-growing Jewish population, is full of pride that the country responsible for…
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Fast Forward Maccabi Games Coming to Berlin — in Stadium Built by Nazis
(JTA) — They are roaring through Europe, raising dust as they go: Jewish bikers bearing an Olympic-style torch all the way from Israel to this German city. Next week, 11 riders will pull their steel steeds into Berlin’s famous outdoor amphitheater, the Waldbuehne, to help usher in the 14th European Maccabi Games — the first ever…
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Fast Forward Maccabi Tel Aviv’s David Blatt on NBA Radar for Coaching Slots
David Blatt, who guided Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv to the Euroleague basketball championship, is rumored to be in the mix for several coaching jobs in the NBA. The Cleveland Cavaliers reportedly have contacted Blatt for their vacant head coaching post, The Associated Press reported, citing a person familiar with the situation. The Cavs, who fired…
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Fast Forward 20,000 Anti-Semitic Tweets Greet Israeli Hoops Win
Nearly 20,000 anti-Semitic tweets in Spanish followed Maccabi Tel Aviv’s victory over Real Madrid in the Euroleague basketball championships, Catalonian Jewish organizations said. The groups claim to have found 17,500 anti-Semitic tweets, many with the derogatory hashtag #putosjudios, and said they plan to jointly file a complaint alleging hate crimes and discrimination to State Attorney…
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Fast Forward Maccabiah Hoops Coach Bruce Pearl Signs $13M Deal To Coach Auburn
Bruce Pearl, who led the U.S. team to the gold medal at the 2009 Maccabiah Games, was hired as the head coach of the Auburn University men’s basketball team. The former coach at the University of Tennessee, Pearl was hired Tuesday to replace Tony Barbee, who was fired last week. Pearl reportedly signed a six-year…
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