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As kids, many spent more time on sports than in Hebrew school. The Maccabiah offers a chance to go though the ceremony in Israel.

Along with the Biden visit, another festive event is causing traffic congestion in Jerusalem this week – the 21st Maccabiah.

President Joe Biden’s dash through Israel and the occupied West Bank this week is expected to cut across some of the region’s most iconic places. Both luxurious and grueling, Biden’s visit starts with a VIP arrival at Israel’s main commercial airport and pings through Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. Most of his travels are focused on business. But in between his meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, he will visit a host of well-known sites while staying at a historic Jerus...

President Joe Biden’s dash through Israel and the occupied West Bank this week is expected to cut across some of the region’s most iconic places

The 21st Maccabiah, the third-largest sporting event in the world, will be held July 12-26 at venues across Israel. Here are some fun facts.

Since 1932, every four years 10,000 or so athletes converge in Israel for the world’s largest Jewish athletic competition; here is a trip down the Jewish sports memory lane

A historical film in the making by Michele Kupfer shows the connection “of all of us—Jewish people from Israel and the Diaspora—as part of a big nation with a long tradition.”

Every four years, 10,000 or so athletes — mostly Jews, plus Israelis — descend upon Israel for the Maccabiah Games, the world’s largest Jewish athletic competition, called the Jewish Olympics.

When American legend Mary T. Meagher clocked 2:05.96 in the 200-meter butterfly in 1981, the performance proved decades ahead of its time.

Seven-time Olym