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)
History
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Testimonials

It was an amazing and rewarding experience both culturally and athletically, giving me the opportunity to forge lifetime friendships and memories

Joey Braha

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