Quadrennial games officially begin Thursday and will see 30,000 individual competitions across 42 sports over the next two weeks, while a team of 'olim' makes its debut appearance

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

Carrie Keller-Lynn reports on November 1 election date and the bills that didn't make it; Judah Ari Gross on pop culture and family purity laws, no Russian team for Maccabiah Games

Organizers claim Russia and Belarus withdrew four months ago, a day after UK's Jewish News highlighted website entry showing Russia to play Ukraine in women's beach volleyball

'Jewish Olympics' for over 10,000 global athletes were scheduled to take place in Israel next June