Kerry Olitzky Maccabiah : The Long Ride to the International Sports Games

This enlightening title is recommended for all. Association of Jewish Libraries"Peppy and personable" Jewish Book CouncilIn time for the 2025 Maccabiah Games, this picture book biography tells the origin story of the thirdlargest international sporting event and the unique problemsolving creator Yosef Yekutieli employed to make his dream possible. In 1912, 15yearold Yosef Yekutieli listened to radio broadcasts from the Stockholm Olympics and hatched an idea an Olympicstyle competition for Jewish athletes from around the globe in the brandnew city of Tel Aviv. People initially didnt take him seriously, but that wouldnt stop Yosef. For the next two decades, he worked to make this idea a reality. There was no stadium, pool, or running track anywhere in British Mandate Palestine. But Yosef wasnt deterred. There was one big problem left there was no easy way to tell athletes about the games! The solution Motorcycles. Riding thousands of miles, over mountains and through deserts, motorcycle brigades announced the games to the world Jewish community. In 1932, the Maccabiah Games were born. | Kerry Olitzky Maccabiah : The Long Ride to the International Sports Games