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Maccabiah Games, international games held in Palestine (later Israel) from 1932, sponsored by the World Maccabi Union, an international Jewish sports organization founded in 1921. Events held are such Olympic events as athletics (track and field), swimming, water polo, fencing, boxing, wrestling, football (soccer), basketball, tennis, table tennis, and volleyball and such non-Olympic events as karate. The Games are open to Jewish athletes from all over the world. The first two Games were held in 1932 and 1935, the latter drawing 1,700 competitors from 27 countries. The anti-Semitic climate of the 1930s led to the permanent settlement of many Maccabiah ...(100 of 146 words)

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