In a ceremony held today (Sunday) in Kfar HaMaccabiah in the presence of President Yitzhak Herzog and with the participation of Minister of Culture and Sports Hili Trooper, Mayor of Ramat Gan Carmel Shama Hacohen, heads of the Maccabi World Movement and Olympic medalists, 100th anniversary events were opened today. In 2022.
At the ceremony, 100 years of medals were awarded to the global Maccabi movement to the leaders of the movement for generations and to the president of the country.
A panel was held to award the Torch of the Maccabiah, from the medalist Agnis Celtic (12 Olympic medals) who passed the torch to the medalist Yael Arad and Yael passed the torch towards the 21st Maccabiah to the 2 medalists Linoy Ashram and Avishag Samberg.
At the event, Adv. Shimon Mizrahi, chairman of the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team, and former players Tal Brody, Ulsie Perry and Moti Aroasti presented the 1977 European Champions Cup to the Jewish Sports Museum, which will open as part of the 100th anniversary events and more.
President Yitzhak Herzog noted at the ceremony: "100 years is not a matter of course, for any organization, and certainly for an educational, value-based, Zionist and Jewish movement as significant as Maccabi World."
Maccabi is a wonderful combination.
She manages to be at the same time, also a symbol of excellence in sports, achievement and striving for victory;
And a value-based Zionist movement that touches Jewish young men and women around the world and awakens the Zionist spark in them.
The movement's most prominent enterprise, the Maccabiah, walks with us in the stations of our lives.
The Maccabiah is not just a sports enterprise, but a Zionist and national educational enterprise.
"The effects of this enterprise, on the most important cornerstones of our nation, are evident day by day, hour by hour."
Amir Peled, Chairman of "Maccabi World Movement": The movement is celebrating its 100th anniversary today and over the years has become the largest and leading movement in the Jewish world in everything related to sports, Zionist education and love of Israel and more.
Arad, Ashram and Samberg, today, Morag Bitan
The Maccabi World Movement is growing year by year and today the movement has about 450,000 Jews from 80 countries from all over the world.
I congratulate President Yitzhak Herzog and close with the late President Maagal - Avi Israel Peled, who was the first chairman of the Maccabi movement, awarded the 12th Maccabiah Medal to the late President Haim Herzog, while today I am awarding the Maccabiah Medal as chairman of the movement. The 21st to his son President Yitzhak Herzog.
Roy Hsing, CEO of Maccabiah: "I am proud and happy that an exciting event sponsored by the President opens the events of the 21st year of Maccabiah, which will be marked" Israel celebrates sports "and invites the Israeli public to take part in the second largest sports event in Israel in summer 2022."
