1957 Maccabiah Games

International Jewish multi-sport event 5th Maccabiah 1957 Maccabiah logo.jpg 240 Tel Aviv, Israel 21https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1957/09/16/84762138.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false Teams From 21 Nations Parade At Maccabiah Opening in Israel The New York Times 980 September 15, 1957 September 24, 1957https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1957/09/25/84766910.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false Berger Sets Weight-Lift Record In Finale of Maccabiah Games; Emigrated to U.S. in 1949 Athletes Hear Premier The New York Times Israeli President Yitzhak Ben Zvi Ramat Gan Stadium Mexico 1934 4th Maccabiah 6th Maccabiah Twenty-one countries sent 980 athletes to compete in the 1957 5th Maccabiah Games, an international Jewish athletics competition similar to the Olympics. The opening ceremony on September 15, 1957, was held in Ramat Gan Stadium, with athletes parading before Israeli President Yitzhak Ben Zvi. The presence of many world-class Jewish athletes elevated the quality of competition. The athletes were housed in the newly built Maccabiah Village. The closing ceremony on September 24, 1957, was attended by 50,000 people, and Prime Minister David Ben Gurion addressed the crowd, saying: "Be strong. Be unified. Be proud and conscious of your Jewishness and send your youth to Israel to restore the glory and greatness of our people." History The Maccabiah Games were first held in 1932."The 20th Maccabiah Games: A brief History (Part 1)," The Canadian Jewish News. Notable competitors right|thumb|240px|Female runners at the Games. Olympian Abie Grossfeld of the United States dominated the Games, winning seven golds in seven gymnastics events: AA, R, PH, FX, HB, PB, & V. Ágnes Keleti (born Ágnes Klein), Olympic and world champion artistic gymnast, competed for Israel in the Games.https://www.algemeiner.com/2012/08/15/one-of-worlds-most-decorated-olympic-gymnasts-lives-in-israel-still-does-her-splits/ One of World's Most Decorated Olympic Gymnasts Lives In Israel, Still Does Her Splits The Algemeiner Atara Arbesfeld 15 August 2012 3 December 2021 In fencing, British Olympian and world champion Allan Jay won three gold medals, fencing foil and epee.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=883&dat=19540730&id=6vFOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e0wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1804,1911973 The Canadian Jewish Chronicle google.comhttp://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/AllanJay.htm Allan Jay jewishsports.net 2013-10-28 2013-05-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20130512121418/http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/AllanJay.htm dead American Olympian Byron Krieger, two-time Pan American Games gold-medal winner, won individual gold in sabre and individual bronze in foil.https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1957/09/20/84978656.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false U.S. Team Annexes Men's Track and Field Laurels as Maccabiah Games End; OVER-ALL HONORS GAINED BY ISRAEL Host Team Has 226 Points --Kiwitt, Relay Quartet Help U.S. Tally 197 Heat Bothers Athletes Aussie Takes Title The New York Timeshttps://forward.com/news/breaking-news/324428/ex-fencing-champion-dies-in-havdalah-candle-fire/ Ex-Fencing Champion Dies in Havdalah Candle Fire November 10, 2015 The Forward American Olympian Albert Axelrod, who won a bronze medal at the Olympics in foil three years later, won the gold medal in individual foil.https://books.google.com/books?id=sGo8AQAAIAAJ&dq=al+%22axelrod%22+%22maccabiah%22&pg=RA53-PT1 Israel Digest: A Bi-weekly Summary of News from Israel 1955 Israel Office of Information. Krieger and Axelord won gold medals in the foil team championship for the United States. In track, British Olympian Harry Kane won the 400 meter hurdles, won a gold medal in the quarter mile run, and took a silver medal in the 200 meter hurdles, with a time of 25.3 seconds.https://www.nytimes.com/1957/09/18/archives/2-us-athletes-score-in-israel-engel-is-first-in-hammer-throwlaskau.html 2 U.S. ATHLETES SCORE IN ISRAEL – Engel Is First in Hammer Throw-Laskau Retires After Winning Walk Israeli Team Leads Matza Misses 800-Heats The New York Times 18 September 1957 28 October 2013https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7TlUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ajoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4399,3201196&dq=harry+kane+hurdles America sets mark The Leader-Post 19 September 1957 28 October 2013 World record holder Henry Laskau of the United States won a gold medal in 3,000 m race walking.http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/HenryLaskau.htm Henry Laskau jewishsports.netJuly 2026 InternetArchiveBot https://www.nytimes.com/1950/08/06/archives/laskau-in-israel-meet-enters-1950-world-maccabiah-games-sept-27oct.html LASKAU IN ISRAEL MEET; Enters 1950 World Maccabiah Games Sept. 27-Oct. 8 August 6, 1950 The New York Times American Olympian Marty Engel won a gold medal in the hammer throw, and a bronze medal in discus.https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1957/09/18/84763234.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false 2 U.S. ATHLETES SCORE IN ISRAEL; Engel Is First in Hammer Throw--Laskau Retires After Winning Walk Israeli Team Leads Matza Misses 800-Heats The New York Timeshttps://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1957/09/17/84979816.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false ISRAEL LEADS U.S. IN TEL AVIV GAMES; Host Forces Ahead, 59-40, in Maccabiah--Herman Captures Pole Vault 1950 Record Falls Kushnir Sets Mark The New York Times Israeli Olympian David Kushnir won a gold medal in the broad jump. British Olympian Harry Kane won a gold medal in the 400 m hurdles, and a silver medal in the 200 m hurdles.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7TlUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ajoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4399,3201196&dq=harry+kane+hurdles&hl=en The Leader-Post 28 October 2013 American sets mark Israeli Olympian Arieh Batun-Kleinstub (Naveh) won the gold medal in the high jump.https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1957/09/19/84980866.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false Americans Take 5 Events in Maccabiah Games; U.S. TEAM LEADS IN MEN'S DIVISION Stieglitz, Rittenberg, Engel and Herman Triumph for Americans in Israel Coach Urges Switch Rittenberg Double Victor The New York Times Reuven Helman competed in shot-put, javelin, the decathlon and weightlifting. Helman came in second in the Games. In weightlifting, Israeli-born American Olympic champion Isaac Berger, a future world champion, became the first athlete to establish a world record in the State of Israel, pressing 258 pounds (117 kg) in featherweight competition for the US, and won a gold medal, a year after winning an Olympic gold medal.https://www.jpost.com/j-spot/article-708835 Jewish featherweight champion Isaac 'Ike' Berger dead at 85 The Jerusalem Post Ben Helfgott, a concentration camp survivor and later an Olympian, won the weightlifting gold medal in the lightweight class for Great Britain for the third Games in a row.http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/BenHelfgott.htm Ben Helfgott jewishsports.net In swimming, Jane Katz, a 14-year-old future Olympian, competed for the United States, winning the 100m butterfly, winning a bronze medal in the 400 m, and winning a silver medal in the medley relay.https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1957/09/23/84764378.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false WOLK OF U.S. FIRST IN TEL AVIV SWIM; Takes 200-Meter Butterfly and Places Second in 1,500 at Maccabiah Games The New York Timeshttps://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1957/09/21/102281437.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false WOLK, U.S., TAKES MACCABIAH SWIM; Colgate Star Captures Gold Medal in 400 Free-Style, Gains Butterfly Final Jane Katz Places Third Ash Betters Lifting Mark The New York Timeshttp://www.ishof.org/dr.-jane-katz.html Ishof.Org | Dr. Jane Katz"Jane Katz Competing in Maccabiah Games 60 Years After Her First," Swimming World Magazine.https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1957/09/07/93216933.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false Swimmer Laments Old Age at 14; Miss Katz Believes She Was a Better Athlete at 12 The New York Times Israel's Olympian Shoshana Ribner won a silver medal in the 400 m. In tennis, Australian Eva Duldig won a gold medal.http://www.tennisabstract.com/cgi-bin/wplayer.cgi?p=EvaDuldig Eva Duldig Match Results, Splits, and Analysis Tennis Abstracthttps://www.nytimes.com/1961/09/02/archives/us-gains-four-gold-medals-in-maccabiah-games-swimming-abramson.html U.S. Gains Four Gold Medals In Maccabiah Games Swimming; Abramson, Zakim and Misses Miller and Chesneau Score -- Herman Sets Mark in Retaining Decathlon Crown The New York Times September 2, 1961 Al Seiden won a gold medal with Team USA in basketball, and was the top scorer in the tournament.https://digitalmemory.stjohns.edu/digital/collection/redmanews/id/49/ Page 1 stjohns.edu The team was coached by Harry Litwack, a future member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1957/09/24/84765912.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false Americans Capture Basketball Title at Maccabiah Games; U. S. FIVE DOWNS ISRAELS, 79 TO 62 Wins Championship for Third Straight Time--Israel Takes Swim Crown American Bid Fails New Yorker Fifth The New York Times Participating communities Mexico sent its first contingent of athletes. The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants that community contributed. 13em Argentina alt Australia (13)https://www.australianjewishnews.com/the-wheel-comes-full-circle/ The wheel comes full circle Eva de Jong-Duldig Australian Jewish News Austria (14) Belgium Brazil 1889 Canada 1957 (32)https://www.maccabicanada.com/about-us/history-and-milestones/5th-maccabiah-1957 5th Maccabiah 1957 Maccabi Canada Chile Denmark (3) Finland France (60) India (7) Ireland Israel (600) Mexico 1934 Netherlands Rhodesia and Nyasaland Rhodesia South Africa 1928 (77) Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom (97) United States 1912 (40) References Link Summaries of each of the Games https://web.archive.org/web/20170610090448/http://www.jewishsports.net/the_maccabiah_games.htm 2017-06-10 Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games Category:Maccabiah Games Category:1950s in Tel Aviv