This is the Forward’s coverage of the Maccabiah Games, the Jewish Olympics.
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Fast Forward Survivors Seethe at ‘Disgraceful’ Embrace for Maccabiah Disaster Officials
Sixteen years after the darkest chapter in Maccabiah history, some of the survivors of the 1997 bridge disaster are seething that officials found criminally responsible for the deaths of four Australians still continue to operate inside the Maccabi movement. Greg Small, Yetty Bennett, Elizabeth Sawicki, and Warren Zines died after a makeshift bridge over the…
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Fast Forward Howie Lassoff, Jewish Basketball Legend, Dies at 57
Howie Lassoff, who helped lead Maccabi Tel Aviv to six league titles and won Maccabiah gold with the U.S. squad, has died. Lassoff, a member of the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, died Feb. 7 following a battle with cancer. He was 57. The 6-foot-10 Lassoff was the starting center for the Israeli national…
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Fast Forward Ankie Spitzer Leads N.Y. Moment of Silence
Ankie Spitzer led a minute of silence to honor the 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team killed in a terror attack at the 1972 Munich Games during the opening ceremonies of the JCC Maccabi Games. Spitzer, the widow of an Israeli coach who was killed at the 1972 Games, led the minute of silence…
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Life Tel Aviv Taxi Driver Etiquette at MSG
Maccabi-Tel Aviv brought that special Israeli attitude to Madison Square Garden last night, where the visiting team’s 106-91 loss to the New York Knicks was overshadowed by the sideline antics of Maccabi coach Pini Gershon, right. After accumulating two rapid-fire technical fouls, officials attempted to remove Gershon from the court. Like a Tel Aviv taxi…
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Life Maccabiah Update: A Softball Miracle and Misplaced Nostalgia
Congratulations Team USA! The American delegation to the Maccabiah is delivering the goods. Yesterday, American pole-vaulter Jillian Schwartz set a new Maccabiah record, reaching 4.24 metres. She broke the record set just a few minutes previously by Israeli national champion Morin Azizi. Obviously, Schwartz won a gold medal in the process. There was another gold…
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Life Maccabiah Speed Dating?
The Maccabiah, widely dubbed the Jewish Olympics, officially got underway today following last night’s grand opening ceremony at the Ramat Gan Stadium. Americans can be proud that the loudest cheers at the ceremony came when Olympic gold medal swimmer Jason Lezak entered the stadium, and lit the Maccabiah torch. And if you’re rooting for the…
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News Jewish Athletes Reach for the Gold
As the world gears up for the 2008 Summer Olympics, the Forward has taken note of a handful of remarkable Jewish men and women who will compete in Beijing. Our roundup reflects the diversity of Jews from around the world participating in the games from August 8 through August 24. David Zalcberg — Australia For…
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News Amid Beijing’s Boom, a Jewish Community Blooms
Beijing — The Chabad House here sits at the end of a quiet street in an upscale gated community just inside this city’s Fourth Ring road and down the block from the Israeli Embassy. A caged duck and a stroller guard the entrance, as does a small army of young Chinese men who patrol the…
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