Maccabi USA Sports for Israel - History: The 1890s

body {behavior: url(http://www.maccabiusa.com/modules/mod_lxmenupro/csshover.htc);} .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro { background: transparent; width: 595px; } .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul { margin: 0; padding: 0; } .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li { float: left; position: relative; list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; height: 20px; width: 140px; background-color: #FFFFFF; background-image: none; } .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li:hover, .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.currentsub, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li:hover, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.currentsub, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li:hover, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.currentsub { background-color: #FFFFFF; background-image: none; z-index: 20; } .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.mainitem, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.mainitem, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.mainitem { height: 26px; width: 85px; background-color: transparent; } .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.mainitem:hover, .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.currentmain, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.mainitem:hover, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.currentmain, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.mainitem:hover, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.currentmain { background-color: transparent; } .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li a, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li a, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li a { display: block; padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 3px; color: #333333; font-size: 10px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; text-transform: none; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; text-decoration: none; border-style: solid; border-color: #cccccc; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 5px; border-right-color: ; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 20px; border-bottom-color: ; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 6px; border-left-color: ; width: auto; height: auto; } .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li:hover>a, .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.currentsub>a, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li:hover>a, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.currentsub>a, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li:hover>a, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.currentsub>a { color: #042165; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; text-transform: none; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; text-decoration: none; border-style: solid; border-color: #cccccc; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 5px; border-right-color: ; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 20px; border-bottom-color: ; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 6px; border-left-color: ; } .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.mainitem>a, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.mainitem>a, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.mainitem>a { padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 3px; color: #333333; font-size: 17px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; text-transform: none; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; text-decoration: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 6px; border-left-color: ; } .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.mainitem:hover>a, .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.currentmain>a, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.mainitem:hover>a, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.currentmain>a, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.mainitem:hover>a, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.currentmain>a { color: #FFFFFF; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; text-transform: none; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; text-decoration: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 6px; border-left-color: ; } .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level1 a, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level1 a, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level1 a { width: auto; } .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.folder>a, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.folder>a, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.folder>a { } .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro>ul a, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro>ul a, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro>ul a { width: auto; } .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul ul, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul ul, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul ul { display: none; position: absolute; width: 140px; } .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.folder li.folder>a, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.folder li.folder>a, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro li.folder li.folder>a { background-image: url(http://www.maccabiusa.com/modules/mod_lxmenupro/images/symbol/arrow_gr2.gif);background-position:98% 50%;padding-right:15px; background-repeat: no-repeat; } .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level0 li.folder:hover ul.level1, .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level1 li.folder:hover ul.level2, .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level2 li.folder:hover ul.level3, .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level3 li.folder:hover ul.level4, .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level4 li.folder:hover ul.level5, .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level5 li.folder:hover ul.level6, .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level6 li.folder:hover ul.level7, .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level7 li.folder:hover ul.level8, .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level8 li.folder:hover ul.level9, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level0 li.folder:hover ul.level1, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level1 li.folder:hover ul.level2, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level2 li.folder:hover ul.level3, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level3 li.folder:hover ul.level4, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level4 li.folder:hover ul.level5, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level5 li.folder:hover ul.level6, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level6 li.folder:hover ul.level7, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level7 li.folder:hover ul.level8, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level8 li.folder:hover ul.level9, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level0 li.folder:hover ul.level1, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level1 li.folder:hover ul.level2, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level2 li.folder:hover ul.level3, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level3 li.folder:hover ul.level4, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level4 li.folder:hover ul.level5, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level5 li.folder:hover ul.level6, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level6 li.folder:hover ul.level7, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level7 li.folder:hover ul.level8, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level8 li.folder:hover ul.level9 { display:block; } .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level1, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level1, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level1 { top: 26px; left: 0px; } .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level2, .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level3, .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level4, .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level5, .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level6, .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level7, .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level8, .moduletable div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level9, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level2, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level3, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level4, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level5, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level6, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level7, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level8, .module div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level9, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level2, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level3, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level4, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level5, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level6, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level7, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level8, div#maccabi_menu1lxmenupro ul.level9 { top: 0px; left: 140px; }

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History: The 1890s

1895

January 8th - establishment of the first "Israel Gymnastic Club" in Constantinople (Kushta), Turkey

1897

Foundation of the "Physical Culture Club - Shimshon" in Plovdiv (Phillipopple), Bulgaria

1898

Dr. Max Nordau's appeal for a renewal of a "Jewry of muscles" (Muskeljudentum) at the 2nd Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland
Foundation of "Bar Kochba Berlin" and the Juedische Turnverein, Bielitz-Biala" (Austria)

1899-1903

Foundation of 20 Jewish Gymnastic Clubs (Juedische Turnvereine)

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Testimonials

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I was dancing with teammates a tthe Opening Ceremony and I had a big smile when I spotted my parents and grandparents cheering in the stands. My grandpa was crying.

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Nick Gott

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