Maccabiah
Team Australia members marching in the 2022 Maccabiah Games opening ceremony in Jerusalem's Teddy Stadium. Photo: Shane Desiatnik
July 14, 2023, 10:38 am
Maccabiah 2025 launched at MWU Congress
A significant number of Maccabi Australia's people were elected into key leadership roles for Maccabi World Union at its 2023 Congress in Israel.
By AJN STAFF
Noa Kino celebrates her gold medal in the High Jump.
July 28, 2022, 8:53 am
Bringing home the medals
By AJN STAFF
The silver medal-winning Aussie U18 boys' cricket team.
July 28, 2022, 8:09 am
Solid silver for Aussie juniors
"The boys' success was a real team effort."
By Shane Desiatnik
Solid defence by Australia's U16 netball team in their final win against Great Britain. Photo: Maccabi Australia Media Team
July 26, 2022, 10:24 am
Aussie netballers continue their winning track record
Our proud netball squad is bringing home three golds and one silver.
By Shane Desiatnik
The Aussie women's futsal team after being crowned Maccabiah Games champions. Photo: Maccabi Australia Media Team
July 26, 2022, 10:11 am
Aussie women win final thriller
With the Australia and USA sides evenly matched, their gold medal match was destined to go down to the wire, and it did.
By Shane Desiatnik
Roy Vandersluis proudly wearing his gold medal as grandmasters golf champion. Photo: Shane Desiatnik
July 21, 2022, 12:55 pm
Aussie golfers make a golden start
By Shane Desiatnik
Gold medal winner Nicole Katz after completing the half marathon in Jerusalem on July 18. Photo: Maccabi Australia media team.
July 21, 2022, 12:26 pm
Katz leads way as medal rush continues
'What I hope it shows is that life doesn’t stop at 50 … just set a goal, and go for it'
By Shane Desiatnik
Members of the Australian team management for the 15th Maccabiah Games. Harry Procel is in the back row, second from right.
July 14, 2022, 11:14 am
The decision to stay in Israel
A decision to stay and honour the victims was overwhelmingly supported by 'virtually the whole team'.
By Carly Adno
Phil Moss was 25 during the 1997 Maccabiah Games.
July 14, 2022, 11:09 am
Tragedy became turning point
'Survival instinct kicked in'
By Carly Adno
Left: Australian team members laying wreaths and flowers at the 1997 Maccabiah Games bridge collapse memorial stone in Ramat Gan on July 11. Right: The audience at the bridge memorial ceremony beside the Yarkon River.
July 14, 2022, 6:30 am
Solemn ceremony at Yarkon River
'Try to imagine if you can the tragedy of what unfolded – when the bridge that would give them the rite of passage to the time of their lives, collapsed...'
By Shane Desiatnik
Former Australian ambassador to Israel Ian Wilcock at Springvale Cemetery in Melbourne on the 10th anniversary of the Maccabiah bridge disaster. Photo: Peter Haskin.
July 14, 2022, 6:20 am
‘Sorrow, grief, uncertainty’
Former Australian ambassador to Israel, Ian Wilcock, recalls with incredible detail what happened on July 14, 1997.
By Peter Kohn
The memorial to the four victims which was unveiled at the 2005 Games. Photo: Peter Haskin
July 14, 2022, 6:08 am
Remembering those who were lost
'As long as it's being spoken about, the memory is still there'
By Rachel Treisman & Mia Gardiner
The scene of the 1997 Maccabiah bridge tragedy. Photo: Peter Haskin
July 14, 2022, 6:00 am
Communal leaders recall the tragedy and its aftermath
'The tragedy had been so avoidable.'
By Gareth Narunsky
July 14, 2022, 5:30 am
Bridge tragedy remembered
Twenty-five years after the Maccabiah Bridge disaster, few will forget the awful images of people plunging into the Yarkon River, as survivors remember in vivid detail the crackling of the bridge as it began to collapse.
By AJN STAFF
Israeli flags flying high at the 2017 Maccabiah Games opening ceremony at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem. Photo: Julie Kerbel.
June 23, 2022, 9:26 am
Ready for a magical Maccabiah
By Shane Desiatnik
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