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Maccabiah

A 1935 quiz about the Maccabiah in our publication
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In our paper’s early decades, sports were a measure of ‘Jewish manhood’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 6, 2022

Why don’t more Jews play sports? In 1911, that question was on the mind of Rabbi Martin Meyer, who favored the moral and physical virtues of a nice outdoor game. […]

Griffin Epstein (right) interviews players on the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters baseball team as part of his 2021 summer internship as a broadcaster for the Northwoods League.
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Q&A: Reporter heading to Maccabiah Games in Israel sees sports as ‘uniting force’

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher June 16, 2022
Jacob Bockelmann takes a break from weightlifting training.
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Santa Rosa weightlifter Jacob Bockelmann headed for 2022 Maccabiah games

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 18, 2022April 18, 2022
simona staring intently at a chess board
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This Marin chess queen, 14, has her sights set on games in Israel

max cherney by Max A. Cherney March 9, 2017

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