Golf - Josh Rosenberg: gold in team scramble Deryk Konhauzer: bronze in team scramble Ryan Kaye: fourth place out of 42 golfers, missed medal by two strokes). In addition to playing in the competitive games, all athletes must take time out from their schedule to reflect the spirit of Tikum Olam, which means repairing the world in Hebrew) and work on volunteer projects in the local community. They competed in baseball, basketball, bowling, soccer, softball, golf, swimming, table tennis, in-line hockey and tennis.Īdditional games were also held this summer in Atlanta, New Jersey, Philadelphia and Sarasota.
They are now the largest organized sports program for Jewish teenagers in the world.ĭelegations to the Miami-Dade County games came from Argentina, Australia, Israel, Mexico, Venezuela, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Virginia. Since their inception in 1982, the JCC Maccabi Games grew from a small pilot project in one host community to a six-community event in 2000. Our athletes can't wait to go back next year." "It was so interesting meeting people from around the world, and many of our athletes developed friendships that I'm sure will last a long time. "It was an amazing experience to go down there," Rapoport said. For the first time this year, Posnack JCC fielded a girls' basketball team. There were 25 athletes from the ages of 13-16 from the Posnack JCC took part in basketball, golf, swimming and track and field. In only its third year of competition, the David Posnack Jewish Community Center's South Broward delegation claimed 15 medals earlier this month at the Maccabi Youth Games at the Dave and Mary Alper Jewish Community Center in Miami-Dade County.ĭirected by the center's health and physical education assistant director, Scott Rapoport, the DPJCC's Maccabi delegation was one of 26 teams from JCCs around the world competing in the games.
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