The Maccabiah Games took place in Israel from July 12th to 26th, 2022. More than 10,000 athletes competed against each other in forty sports in the Juniors, Open and Masters age groups. Thanks to intensive preparation — twenty-seven training courses in the calendar year 2022 alone - and a final pre-camp immediately before the start of the Maccabiah, MAKKABI Germany was able to provide the largest German delegation to date with 236 athletes, including more than 100 juniors.

At the opening ceremony in Jerusalem, the delegations from all over the world were presented. Jonathan Ben-Shlomo, the most successful German athlete to date in swimming, Beatrice Feicht, triathlete and oldest participant, and Kristina Dingeko, tennis player and the youngest participant, carried the flags of the Federal Republic and MAKKABI Germany when the German-Jewish team entered. With brilliant choreography and a shower of confetti in black, red and gold, they led the German delegation to the Teddy Kollek Stadium, which was attended by high-ranking Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog and US President Joe Biden.

Eight medals in table tennis, tennis, swimming, badmintion, fencing and open water.

The competitions were held across the country over the two-week period, mainly in the regions around Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Netanya and, exclusively for the juniors, Haifa. In addition to many proven sports in the individual and team areas, MAKKABI Germany was also able to participate in some new sports, such as sport climbing, weightlifting, beach volleyball and basketball 3×3.

After the extremely successful European Games in 2015 and 2019 and a medal record at the Maccabiah 2017, the German delegation was under a certain amount of pressure to succeed, but they triumphed with flying colours: a new record was set with a total of fifty-one medals won. The individual sports deserve special mention, especially table tennis and swimming, where a total of seventeen and thirteen gold, silver and bronze medals were won in all age groups. The juniors' eight medals in table tennis, tennis, swimming, badminton, fencing and open water give hope for a successful future.

This year's games were marked by a sad anniversary: the fiftieth anniversary of the terrorist attack at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, in which eleven Israeli athletes and a police officer were murdered. This was commemorated in a fitting ceremony during the pre-camp and at the opening ceremony of the Maccabiah. In addition to the sport, the hosts of the Maccabi World Union organized an extensive supporting program. Besides trips to the Dead Sea, the Jordan River and Tel Aviv, a visit to the Yad Vashem memorial was organized, and there was a large bar and bat mitzvah celebration at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, a very special highlight for the juniors. Following established tradition, the first Shabbat of the Maccabiah was celebrated together at the various locations.

Once again, the Maccabiah Games, which is the third largest sporting event in the world after the Olympic and Paralympic Games, has proven that it is the sporting home of all Jewish athletes from all over the world, who not only compete, but make friends in Israel and live Jewish traditions. Makkabi is a symbol of living Judaism all over the world, but especially in Germany.