JCC Maccabi 2024 Is Going to Detroit and Houston! Join the Team!

In summer 2023, 3,000 Jewish teen athletes, ages 12-17 and representing communities from across the globe, will come together to experience the magic of JCC Maccabi, the world’s largest Jewish youth sports event. Among the highlights of this unique, Olympic-style Jewish experience will be: sports competitions, including opening and closing ceremonies; travel; community service; social and cultural events; and opportunities to create Jewish connections, friendships, and memories to last a lifetime!

Detroit
July 28 – August 2, 2024

• Ages 12–17
• Sports: baseball, basketball, dance, ice hockey, girls volleyball, soccer, table tennis, tennis, swimming, star reporter (sports subject to change)
• Olympic-style sports competition
• Opening and closing ceremonies
• JCC Cares community service projects
• HangTime programming with Israeli shlichim
• Evening social events

Houston
August 4 – 9, 2024

• Ages 12–17
• Sports: baseball, basketball, bowling, dance, girls volleyball, flag football, soccer, table tennis, tennis, swimming, star reporter (sports subject to change)
• Olympic-style sports competition
• Opening and closing ceremonies
• JCC Cares community service projects
• HangTime programming with Israeli shlichim
• Evening social events

Questions? Contact Rachael Speck at [email protected]

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The JCC Maccabi Games® are an Olympic-style sporting competition held each summer in North America. Since their inception in 1982, the Games have grown from a small pilot project in one host community to an Olympic-style sporting competition held each summer in multiple sites throughout North America. The JCC Maccabi Games are the largest organized sports program for Jewish teenagers in the world. Today, over 6,000 teens, ranging from 13 to 16 years of age, participate in the JCC Maccabi Games® each summer. The Games are co-sponsored by the Jewish Community Center Association of North America, Maccabi World Union, Maccabi Canada, and Maccabi USA/Sports for Israel.

The Maccabi Mission: To offer Jewish Community Centers and YM/YWHAs in North America the opportunity to reach teens through participation in the JCC Maccabi Games®, and in year-round athletic, educational, cultural and social programs, as well as teen experiences in Israel. To provide Jewish youth with a supportive environment that fosters mutual respect and sportsmanship, where they can interact in an atmosphere of fun, democracy, and peace. To cultivate a deeper understanding and instill an appreciation of Jewish values within Jewish youth, enrich their Jewish identity in an informal setting, and encourage their identification with the state of Israel. To promote and encourage the health, physical fitness and well-being of Jewish youth through participation in recreational and athletic activities To introduce Jewish youth to the international Maccabi Movement, which presents athletic, cultural, and social opportunities with Jews from around the world.

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