First international Maccabi Basketball Cup

10 teams with more than 110 basketball players attended the first Maccabi Basketball Cup between 27th-30th October in Budapest where the Israeli, Danish, Swiss and Hungarian players experienced a cultural, historical, community and sport weekend. The first EMG2019 pre-tournament was opened by Motti Tichauer, the Chairman of the European Maccabi Confederation.     The board […]

Jewish Sports heroes at the IKI

  Gyorgy Szepesi, the legendary radio reporter and sports manager, once a basketball player for the VAC, stood for a speech about Jewish Hungarian sports legends at the Israeli Cultural Institute. Many managers and athletes participated in this event, including all time women’s champion Agnes Keleti and champion Gyorgy Gedo. The president of the VAC, […]

Register for the Maccabi Basketball Cup

The board of the European Maccabi Games Budapest (EMG2019), the European Maccabi Confederation and Maccabi VAC Hungary  are organizing the first Maccabi Basketball Cup which will be the official pre-tournament of EMG2019. The registration is available for the Maccabi territorial organizations: http://emg2019.hu/upcoming-events/basketballworldcup2016/ If you are interested in the Cup as an individual basketball player without […]

New Sporting Equipment for the Scheiber School

  The Maccabi Fencing and Athletics club received a large amount of financial support for providing new sporting equipment to Scheiber Sandor School. They bought many sporting accessories, basketball, floor ball equipments, new balls and bats for the students. The program started by the Maccabi VAC promoting the furthering of sports education and training proved to […]

Basketball Sectional at the Lauder Javne School

The Maccabi VAC Fencing and Athletic club’s basketball team successful took part in Lauder’s 2010 end of the year ceremony! We held sporting competitions where the children received many wonderful awards. One of Lauder’s young bright students, Daniel Stern, will compete this simmer in the United States at the Omaha JCC Maccabi games. The introduction […]

Basketball game with world stars at the EMG

Alba Berlin and the former Maccabi Tel Aviv superstars of the EMG are the best basketball players in the duel at Charlottenburg during the European Maccabi Games. Maccabi VAC president, Justin Adam, played with EMG team called the All Stars,  who was a former leading player. He turned to the Hungarian and Israeli leaders team […]

3rd Purim Kid Basketball Tournament

In January 2014, Maccabi VAC organized the third Purim Kid Basketball Tournament. 4 basketball teams participated in the event: Lauder, Scheiber, Zuglói Sasok and Radnóti. The tournament was opened by Tamás Verő rabbi who spoke about Purim. All the teams played with each other. The students of Radnóti School won the tournament.  Several parents and […]

2012-13 Basketball Championships

  The Maccabi VAC basketball team will once again take part in the 2012-2013 season’s Hungarian championships. The team is represented by both Hungarian and Israeli players.  The team carries on the legacy of the VAC, where famous names like Ralph Klein played as well. Before the war, the VAC team played a huge role […]

Hungarian Basketball Championships with Maccabi

The Maccabi VAC basketball team will once again play in the Hungarian Championships. Both Hungarian and Israeli players on the team will take part in the games.  The team will continue the VAC’s basketball traditions, like many before them, including Ralph Klein, and many more. Before the war, the VAC team played among the greatest […]

First Maccabi VAC Youth Basketball Practice

The first annual VAC Youth Basketball Practice took place this February!  In addition to the Lauder and Scheiber schools, the Kerek and Radnoti schools also participated in the games.  The children were offered drinks and snacks to refuel during turns, and they also received new basketball equipment, courtesy of the Maccabi VAC.  The games were […]

Mini Basketball Championships at Lauder

The Maccabi VAC’s basketball department took part in the Lauder School’s mini basketball championships.  In spirit of the games, the children received sport accessories and prizes. Many student from the Lauder school participated, and were coached by Kati Bekes. Hopefully they will join us this summer for the basketball games with the Maccabi VAC-Lauder teams.  […]