JCC Maccabi Youth Games
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The JCC Maccabi Youth Games is an olympic
style event held annually for Jewish teens between the ages of 13 and 16. The games were first held in 1982 and more than 120,000 athletes have participated worldwide. The 2009 event was held in San Francisco, CA, San Antonio, TX, and Westchester County, NY simultaneously. The Maccabi game's aim is to foster Jewish identity while developing national interest in olympic sport through the JCCA
's (Jewish Community Center Association) affiliation with the United States Olympic Committee
. The 2010 games were took place in Springfield, Massachusetts, Israel and Philadelphia, PA. The following sports are contested each year. (Lacrosse was added in 2010)The 2011 JCC Maccabi Games are to be held in: Houston, TX, Rockland, NY, and Memphis, Tennessee. Please visit
http://jccmaccabigames.org/ for more details.
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Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
style event held annually for Jewish teens between the ages of 13 and 16. The games were first held in 1982 and more than 120,000 athletes have participated worldwide. The 2009 event was held in San Francisco, CA, San Antonio, TX, and Westchester County, NY simultaneously. The Maccabi game's aim is to foster Jewish identity while developing national interest in olympic sport through the JCCA
Jewish Community Center
A Jewish Community Center or Jewish Community Centre is a general recreational, social and fraternal organization serving the Jewish community in a number of cities...
's (Jewish Community Center Association) affiliation with the United States Olympic Committee
United States Olympic Committee
The United States Olympic Committee is a non-profit organization that serves as the National Olympic Committee and National Paralympic Committee for the United States and coordinates the relationship between the United States Anti-Doping Agency and the World Anti-Doping Agency and various...
. The 2010 games were took place in Springfield, Massachusetts, Israel and Philadelphia, PA. The following sports are contested each year. (Lacrosse was added in 2010)The 2011 JCC Maccabi Games are to be held in: Houston, TX, Rockland, NY, and Memphis, Tennessee. Please visit
http://jccmaccabigames.org/ for more details.
{| class="wikitable"
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| Baseball
|-
| In-Line Hockey
|-
| Volleyball
|-
| Soccer
|-
| Basketball
|-
| Swimming
|-
| Tennis
|-
| Table Tennis
|-
| Dance
|-
| Golf
|-
| Track & Field
|-
| Lacrosse
|-