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WE’RE BRINGING OUR A-GAME!

The Board of Maccabi SA has appointed a 2021 Games Committee who will provide the strategy, guidance and support for #TeamMaccabiSA21.
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Maccabi SA Rugby reaches Semi Final of CT10s

Our Maccabi SA Rugby team once again delivered an impressive performance at the Cape Town 10s, which took place end of Jan 2020
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Maccabi SA Rugby is ready to take on CT 10s!

Maccabi SA is once again entering a team into the popular Cape Town 10s, taking place 31 Jan and 1 Feb 2020 in Cape Town.
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UPDATED: Maccabi SA announces new Board of Directors

Maccabi South Africa held its Annual General Meeting on Sunday, 3 November at Beyachad in Johannesburg, where the new Board of Directors was announced.
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Great day had on the course at Maccabi SA Golf’s Family Golf Day

There was a great turnout at the Maccabi SA Golf - Family Golf Day - Bought to you by Investec For Business, held at Glendower GC on 22 September 2019.
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SA finishes 6th on medals table, out of 42 countries, at EMG 2019

#TeamMaccabiSA performed exceptionally well at the 15th European Maccabi Games (EMG) which took place in Budapest, Hungary from 30 July – 06 August 2019.
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EMG 2019 – #TeamMaccabiSA RESULTS

#TeamMaccabiSA took part in the European Maccabi Games in Budapest from 30 July - 6 Aug 2019, with 82 athletes competing across five sports – futsal, half marathon, swimming, table tennis and tennis.
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#TeamTalk with Maccabi SA Futsal

With less than a month to go to EMG 2019, here's what our coaches, captains and players had to say...
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Maccabi SA Futsal bringing their A-Game to EMG 2019

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Countdown to EMG 2019 has begun!

Monday 10 June marked 50 days to the 15th European Maccabi Games (EMG) in Budapest, Hungary taking place from 30 July – 06 August 2019. #TeamMaccabiSA is raring to go as we count down the days to this exciting event.
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Maccabi SA Junior Cricket T10 tourno a great success

Maccabi SA Junior Cricket is one of our most active sports divisions, organising regular events and tournaments for this young community who are just mad about cricket.
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Maccabi SA Futsal players represent SA at Futsal World Cup

Maccabi SA Futsal players Aaron Isserow (17 yrs) and Jordan Arelisky (16 yrs) represented South Africa at the AMF Futsal U20 World Cup which took place in Valledupar, Colombia from 17–27 November 2018.
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2019 Maccabi SA Barney Gordon Golf Day goes to the wire

The annual Investec Barney Gordon Family Golf Day was held at Houghton Golf Club on Sunday 10 February 2019 and delivered an exciting contest, with Gary Bernstein emerging as winner of the A Division.
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Maccabi SA makes semi final of 2019 Cape Town 10’s

Maccabi South Africa entered a senior rugby team into the Cape Town 10s which was held at the beginning of February 2019.
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King David Victory Park Pre-Season Soccer Clinic

Maccabi SA and ForwardZone hosted a pre-season soccer clinic at King David Victory Park.
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First Ever Bidvest Maccabi Fun Run a huge success!

A key objective of Maccabi SA is to encourage the community to get active. As part of this process, Maccabi SA launched the Bidvest Fun Run, an exciting mass participation event which will be held on an annual basis from 2018.
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NB Notice – Maccabi Open Football & Futsal training is now underway.

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Maccabi Inter-Provincial Cricket is back!

We are absolutely thrilled and proud to have hosted and successfully executed our first Inter-Provincial event in 5 years. With the great efforts of Joanne Tankle, Ronen Cohen, Melissa and Jonathan Zolty, Leyla Smook, Braydon Dixon, Joel Merris and Graeme Zacks the event was nothing but a sparkling success.
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Maccabi Youth Committee now a reality

Maccabi SA proud to announce formation of Youth Committee to be led by young JHB based community volunteers.
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Sports day for Afrika Tikkun

On Sunday 25 March, 40 young leaders and participants from two of Afrika Tikkun's Johannesburg centers took part in and thoroughly enjoyed a sports day that was put together by the Maccabi SA Youth Committee.
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Maccabi WP visits Khayelitsha

On Sunday 25 March, Maccabi Western Province visited the CTC Ten Foundation in Khayelitsha where they played friendly soccer matches against underprivileged boys & girls from the area.
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“Israel” Vs “Italy” – A special relationship through football

Cape Town community event set to continue for many years to come as the bi-annual football match sees Jewish Community and Italian Community lock horns in a friendly match of football for the third time since 2016.
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Obituary: Solly Kroll

Blow to Bloemfontein Jewish Community as beloved Solly Kroll passes away age 84.
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Love Cricket? We want you to get involved!

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Notice: Maccabi SA AGM

AGM date set : 26 November 2017 for Maccabi SA members only.
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We have created this section of the website specifically for the Jewish community to share your sporting news and achievements. There are so many talented persons of all ages accomplishing significant feats on the sports field, including competitive, traditional/extreme sports and recreational activities, and we would love to hear about it!

If you would like to share any sporting related results and success stories (including photographs), for example from any school, university, club, community, corporate, federation or social sports events, please email us on admin@maccabi.co.za and we will share the nachas with the community.

 

King David boys excel in international soccer

S.A. Jewish Report 29 June - 06 July 2018
Zach Taitz, Ariel Diner, and Gabriel Leeb, all 12 years old, represented South Africa at the Volkswagen Junior Masters Tournament in mid-June as part of the SuperSport U13 team.
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NB Notice – Maccabi Open Football & Futsal training is now underway.

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“Israel” Vs “Italy” – A special relationship through football

Cape Town community event set to continue for many years to come as the bi-annual football match sees Jewish Community and Italian Community lock horns in a friendly match of football for the third time since 2016.
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Obituary: Solly Kroll

Blow to Bloemfontein Jewish Community as beloved Solly Kroll passes away age 84.
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Kevin’s campaign with Israel’s Rugby XV hits a snag

By Jack Milner, SA Jewish Report 30 Oct - 03 November 2017
Israel’s campaign to move up into the higher rugby echelons took a dip at the weekend when they went down 17-32 to Croatia in their second match of the Rugby Europe International Championship qualifying games.
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Love Cricket? We want you to get involved!

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Maccabi SA Needs You!

A unique opportunity within the Jewish Community - Exciting volunteer position at Maccabi SA available. We're looking for an ideal pair of Junior Managers to supervise our junior delegation at 20th Maccabiah 2017 in Israel.Details below - send CV to admin@maccabi.co.za or call 011 694 5081
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While in the water

By Shireen Sapiro, casimirtv.com, 10 November 2016

Ever since I can remember, being in the water has been my safe haven. It is a place I have always felt free, a place where my limitations feel limitless. Never did I imagine that water would play such an import role in me becoming who I am today.
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The Jewish Sportsmans Dilemma – To Pray or Play

By Mandy Yachad, Maccabi SA Ambassador, July 2016

I would like to share with you some of my experiences during my time, many years ago, as a sportsman and more particularly how I managed - or at least tried to manage - to combine a sporting and professional career whilst at the same time attempting to uphold my faith and beliefs and the conflict which it created. Before I do so though, I must sketch some background.
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SA’s ‘Little Rafa’ looks very much like a future ‘Big Rafa’

By Ilan Hermann, Jewish Report 22 - 27 May 2016.
He hits a forehand with the ferocity of a senior player. At 13, Dylan Salton is a rising star and has now moved up the rankings to becoming second in South Africa for his age category in tennis.
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“Israel” Wins Epic Battle vs The Italians

On Wednesday 4 May 2016, a confident ‘’Israeli’’ team took on the mighty ‘’Azzurri’’ in a friendly soccer match at the Italian Sports Club in Milnerton, Cape Town. The match was played under floodlights and was well supported by friends & family. Both teams were represented by members of their respective communities who play soccer socially and/or at club level.
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Theodore Yach conquers his 100th Robben Island Crossing

Theodore Yach who competed at the 2005 Maccabiah in the SA Water Polo Team and as a masters swimmer at the 2007 Pan-American Maccabi Games in Argentina (winning two silver medals and a bronze) reached another major milestone in his swimming career.
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Kaplan To Be Inducted Into Jewish Sports Hall Of Fame

By Jack Milner, SA Jewish Report 4-11 Dec 2015.
South African rugby referee icon, Jonathan Kaplan, has been elected to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame for 2016.
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Jerusalem Jet wins 947 Tandem Elite Title

Maccabi SA Cycling Convenor and Maccabiah gold medallist Issy Zimmerman lived up to his social media name ‘’Jerusalem Jet” when, together with cycling partner Andrew McLean, they defended their Tandem Elite Mens title at the Momentum 947 Cycle Challenge on Sunday 15 November 2015.
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Nadel and Ingel Take Gold in Powerlifting

By ILAN HERRMANN for SA Jewish Report | 12 November 2015 - The first question Johannesburg’s Carmit Nadel had put to her as she arrived in Meknes, Morocco with her husband and fellow powerlifter, Nic Ingel, for the African Powerlifting Championship was accusatory and aggressive: “Are you from Israel?”
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Danica Schlome gets call-up to National training camp

Maccabian Danica Schlome (16) has made a breakthrough in her promising table tennis career by receiving a call-up from the South African Table Tennis Board to attend training with the National Junior Squad.
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Maccabi SA Supports Ride4AfricaIsrael for Second Year

The 947 Cycle Challenge in Johannesburg on 15 November 2015 saw the Ride4AfricaIsrael Team take part as a registered charity for the second year in a row. Over 40 riders from all walks of life who support Israel and want to help underprivileged South Africans participated in the race.
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King David cricketers dominate Old Eds Awards

King David Linksfield cricketers won nine out of 15 Junior awards at the annual Gunn & Moore Old Edwardian Cricket Awards held on 15 October 2015 in Houghton, Johannesburg.
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Maccabi SA Sponsors KDL Sports Trophies

King David High School Linksfield held their annual Sports Awards dinner on Sunday 11 October 2015. The event honours outstanding sports performances by male and female athletes through the course of the year.
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Jewish Achievements at the Olympic Games

When I mentioned to Jonathan Birin that I would be speaking at Limmud on Jewish achievement at the Olympic Games he laughed at me. Then added sarcastically “Are you intending to speak for three minutes or do you think you can you draw it out to five?”
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