'Visionary' enthusiast had a lifetime commitment to strengthening opportunities for Jewish athletes, including decades of involvement with the global Maccabiah movement

1,000 participants from around the world are competing in the 41st annual JCC Maccabi Games, this year in Israel

The list includes athletes and sports figures from across sports and around the world — from water polo to fencing, and from the United States to Hungary

Athletes lament poor turnout at this year's games but are optimistic about the future; US captain says organizers did a good job respecting wheelchair basketball as a sport

The sporting festivities were once about Muscular Judaism; now they're more about fun, friends and maybe 'aliyah'

A gold medal from a 2017 competition that soccer player Adam Henry was unable to compete in reminds the athlete of the communal support he received after suddenly losing his mom

Levy, who was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy as a teenager, has beaten the odds to compete globally in wheelchair basketball: 'I try to do as much as I can, while I can'

Moshe ‘MB’ Klyman was the only Sabbath observant athlete in his hotel when he last wrestled for Canada at the 'Jewish Olympics'; this year he’s aiming to take gold for Team USA

US president, first ever to attend 'Jewish Olympics' held every four years, tells American athletes he is 'damn proud of them, 'validating' one of world's largest competitions

Few will forget the awful images of people plunging into the Yarkon River on July 14, 1997. Survivors remember in vivid detail the crackling of the bridge as it began to collapse