History: The 1910s
1911
  • Creation of "Maccabi Defense Groups" in Jaffa
  • Opening of the first Gymnastic Hall in the Herzlia Gymnasium in Tel Aviv-Jaffa
  • Foundation of "Maccabi Zagreb" (Yugoslavia)
1913
  • First Mass Display of Jewish Gymnasts at the Xth Zionist Congress in Vienna, with a participation of 1450 gymnasts
  • Reorganization of the Juedische Turnerschaft in the framework of Territorial Organizations (Germany, Austria-West, including Austria, Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia; Austria East, including Bukovina and Galicia, Bulgaria, Turkey and Maccabi Eretz Yisrael including Beirut, Lebanon)
  • Foundation of "Maccabi Czernowitz" (Bukovina)
1914
  • Foundation of the "Juedischer Turnverein Basel" (Switzerland)
1915
  • Maccabim, are expelled by the Turkish authorities from Eretz Yisrael, volunteer for active service with the British Forces in the Middle East
  • Their "Mule Corps" unit participates in fighting at Gallipoli (MarmaraStraits, Turkey)
  • Foundation of "Maccabi Warsaw"
1916
  • German and Austro-Hungarian Military Occupation Authorities permit full and open Maccabi activities in Poland (formerly Russia)
  • Foundation of "Maccabi Moscow" and, until 1923, strong Maccabi activities in Russia with main centers in Moscow and Odessa
1917-1918
  • Maccabim volunteer for active service with the British Forces under Field Marshal Allenby and serve in the Jewish Battalion of the "Kings Rifles"
1918-1919
  • Maccabi Clubs in Switzerland and in Czechoslovakia set up their own Maccabi Territorial Organizations
  • Foundation of "Maccabi Bucharest" (Romania)
  • First post war "Maccabi Eretz Yisrael" Convention in Jerusalem (Kinus Maccabi Eretz Yisrael)
1920
  • Foundation K.S.C. Maccabi Antwerp (Belgium)
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Testimonials

The whole time I was in Israel, I was in a state of awe. The Games themselves were terrific, but that was only part of it. It was such an incredible cultural experience, getting to know other Jewish athletes ... In many cases, there were language barriers, but as I remember, they didn't present that much of a problem. It was almost surreal.

Julie Kominsky

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