ABOUT MACCABI AUSTRALIA

connecting our community through sport


Sport has enriched the life of the Australian Jewish Community for more than one hundred years, culminating in the establishment of Maccabi Australia in 1957.

Over the years many events have been associated with Maccabi Australia, including Carnivals, both Senior and Junior, MAIGS, JCC Games, Pan American Games, and the focal point - the Maccabiah Games. 


But whatever the nature of the event, a common thread runs through the history of Maccabi Australia – the thread of connecting the community - through friendship, sporting trends, training in leadership and responsibility, even through responses to tragedy.


Maccabi Australia symbolizes community, friendship and the competitive spirit. Just as sport maintains an important role in society, Maccabi Australia enriches the Jewish Community, confirming its place in the history of our people.

 

VALUES & OBJECTIVES

maccabi AUSTRALIA

  • values Jewish identity and continuity, sporting prowess, and life long friendships
  • advocates a healthy, active lifestyle for all ages through all types of sporting involvement
  • pays tribute to the achievement of sporting excellence, both within and outside the Maccabi framework
  • values the recognition of Jews from all streams of Judaism.

 
maccabi AUSTRALIA aims to

  • develop our National and State Maccabi bodies as effective and well-managed organisations
  • ensure that these bodies have the financial and human resources and the physical facilities to achieve their goals
  • establish and maintain an effective national profile for Maccabi through successful marketing and promotion
  • ensure the successful co-ordination, management and promotion of National Games at all levels
  • oversee the organisation of well-prepared teams to Maccabi international events
  • represent Australia on the Maccabi World Union as a valuable voice for Jewish sport in our region. 

 

THE ISRAEL CONNECTION

Since 1953 Australia has been a proud participant in the Maccabiah Games, a quadrennial sporting event held in Israel and often referred to as the ‘Jewish Olympics’.   “How foolishly ambitious I must have seemed at the London Headquarters of the Maccabi World Union when, in 1933, (as) a very young and brash ex-AJAX President, I enquired about the possibilities of Australia’s participation in that Union’s activities.  Yet think of the size and success of the contingents we now send regularly to the Maccabiah Games in Israel.” 
Manuel Gelman. November 1974.  The Carnivals – Foreword
















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