The Portland Boys 16 and Under Basketball Team won Gold and the Boys 16 and Under Lacrosse Mixed Team won Silver at this year’s JCC Maccabi Games held in Miami Aug. 6-11. The Mittleman Jewish Community Center took a group of 17 athletes (six returning and 11 new) from Portland to participate in the JCC…
More than 9,000 athletes from 72 countries are expected to participate in the 19th Maccabiah Games in Israel July 18-30, including nine athletes and an accommodations manager from Oregon. The Maccabiah Games began in 1932 in what was then British-ruled Palestine. Held every four years in Israel, the Maccabiah Games now are the third-largest international sporting event after the Olympics and the World University Games. The Maccabiah Games…
