2023 Maccabiah Games

3rd Winter Maccabiah
Host city	Ruhpolding, Germany
Nations	20
Athletes	400
Opening	1 January 2023
Closing	9 January 2023
Winter
	← 2nd Winter Maccabiah

The 3rd Winter Maccabiah was an international winter sports sports event held from 1 January 2023 to 9 January 2023 in Ruhpolding, Germany.^[1]^[2] Approximately 400 athletes from 20 nations participated in the games.^[3] The 2023 Maccabiah Games came after a hiatus of 87 years in the winter edition of the Maccabiah.^[1]^[2] The two previous editions were held in the 1930s: 1933 and 1936. Many of the Winter Maccabiah athletes were murdered in The Holocaust.

Participants

20 nations in total

Australia
Germany – largest delegation^[3]
Israel
Ukraine
United States

References

^ ^a ^b Kovac, Adam (3 January 2023). "First Jewish Winter Games held in more than 85 years kick off in Germany; Athletes wave the Israeli flag and are set to compete in skiing, figure skating and snowboarding". Forward. For the first time in more than 85 years, Jewish athletes are competing in Maccabi winter games — and they're doing it in Germany. The Makkabi Deutschland Winter Games kicked off Tuesday in Ruhpolding, in the Bavarian Alps.
^ ^a ^b "Maccabi Germany holds winter games for first time in over 80 years; Athletic event held for first time since 1936 when it took place in Czechoslovakia at the onset of World War II". Israel National News. 2 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Jüdisches Wintersportfest: 'Makkabi verbindet über Grenzen hinweg'" (in German). 2 January 2023. Bei den aktuellen Winterspielen in Ruhpolding kann jeder teilnehmen, der Mitglied in einem der weltweiten jüdischen Makkabi-Sportvereine ist - unabhängig von Religion und Nation. Bis zum 9. Januar werden fast 400 Teilnehmende und Freiwillige aus 20 Ländern erwartet. Sie kommen unter anderem aus Australien, Israel, der Ukraine und den USA. Deutschland stellt als Gastgeberland die größte Mannschaft.

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[forward-1] Kovac, Adam (3 January 2023). "First Jewish Winter Games held in more than 85 years kick off in Germany; Athletes wave the Israeli flag and are set to compete in skiing, figure skating and snowboarding". Forward. For the first time in more than 85 years, Jewish athletes are competing in Maccabi winter games — and they're doing it in Germany. The Makkabi Deutschland Winter Games kicked off Tuesday in Ruhpolding, in the Bavarian Alps.

[inn-2] "Maccabi Germany holds winter games for first time in over 80 years; Athletic event held for first time since 1936 when it took place in Czechoslovakia at the onset of World War II". Israel National News. 2 January 2023.

[tagesschau-3] "Jüdisches Wintersportfest: 'Makkabi verbindet über Grenzen hinweg'" (in German). 2 January 2023. Bei den aktuellen Winterspielen in Ruhpolding kann jeder teilnehmen, der Mitglied in einem der weltweiten jüdischen Makkabi-Sportvereine ist - unabhängig von Religion und Nation. Bis zum 9. Januar werden fast 400 Teilnehmende und Freiwillige aus 20 Ländern erwartet. Sie kommen unter anderem aus Australien, Israel, der Ukraine und den USA. Deutschland stellt als Gastgeberland die größte Mannschaft.

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