By Abigail Klein Leichman | Courtesy Israel21C

This is going to be huge: About 10,000 youth and adult athletes from 65 countries in Israel to compete in 3,000 events in 42 sports during the 21st Maccabiah, July 12-26.

The Maccabiah is the third-largest sporting event in the world by number of competitors, after the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup. This summer’s games will be held at venues in 18 Israeli cities.

Normally, the Maccabiah takes place every four years. But the 2021 games were postponed – like so many other things – due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Ahead of this exciting sports event, ISRAEL21c gathered some interesting and fun facts about the Maccabiah:

Read them here. 

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