Yaarit Rahamim, member of the European Maccabi Confederation’s Future Leaders Forum wrote a book about the participants and contributors to the Maccabiah. Titled “The Hall of the Maccabiah”, the photo album will debut as a tribute to the Macabbi’s 20th, united Israel’s 50th, the Balfour declaration’s 100th, and the Zionist World Congress’ 120th anniversaries. Miss […]
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Maccabi Fun Run went global (Newsletter)
The Maccabi VAC hosted it’s 6th annual Fun Run in the Jewish District of Budapest! More than 450 runners participated in the Charity Fun Run. Children, adults, and older people all took part in the annual race, where the theme of Tzedakah was prominent. This year, 11 organisations were supported by the registration fees […]
Breaking records at the Fun Run Community and Charity Day!
A record-breaking amount of volunteers participated in this year’s Fun Run! More than 450 participants and just as many supporters showed up to our event. This was the sixth annual Fun Run in the Jewish District of Budapest. This year, we had a specific goal for our runners: Run for a non-racist world! More than […]
Fun Run Community and Charity Day 2016
The Fun Run Community and Charity Day will take place this year on June 5th, in Budapest’s Jewish quarter, the same day as the Judafest. This year will be the 5th annual Fun Run hosted by the Maccabi VAC. Upon paying the registration fee, runners have a chance to choose the charity they will be […]
Community Hike in Matrafured!
We’ve formed the Maccabi Hiking community! We proudly invite all nature lovers to the following event: Route: Budapest – Gyöngyös – Mátrafüred – Mátraháza – Kékestető Theme: Hanukah and famous Jewish athletes All the hikes will have a theme of a Jewish holiday, and due to the date, the first hike will be about […]
Fun Run was an unforgettable experience this year
This year the Community Fun Run running race was organized in the Jewish quarter of Budapest for the fifth time. On that day the weather was brilliants with radiant sunshine, a real summer heat wave came into town, but the heat did not even discourage the community from participating the event. More than 300 people […]
Fun Run Again! Community running race in the Jewish quarter
Step by step the Jewish Community! The Maccabi VAC will host the Fun Run running race in Budapest’s Jewish quarter for the fifth time, on June 7, Sunday. This is a unique community sport event in which all participants support various Jewish and non-Jewish organizations with the payment of entry fees. A beneficial reference is […]
Fun Run with more than 300 runners
In 2014 many Jewish organizations and charities joined the Fun Run Community Day that is getting more and more popular year by year. Due to the hard work and promotions, 300 runners registered for the event. Many of them run, walked, some of them pushed a stroller but all of them had fun and donated […]
III. Fun Run: Run For What You Believe In!
This June, we organised the third annual community fun run. This year, 12 non-profit Jewish organisations participated, among them both Jewish schools, as well as the Jewish Pre-K. We had 410 participants running for all different causes, resulting in 690,000 HUF in donations. The runners could choose 1, 5, or 10 kilometres. The […]
II. Fun Run: Run For What You Believe In!
This year, we hosted our second annual Community Fun Run! 14 wonderful organisations took part, which is 4 more than last year! We almost doubled last’s year’s attendance with 477 runners, and 763,500 forints in donations to charity. The runners could participate in 1, 5, or 10km races. The race was opened by the Israeli […]
First Fun Run in Budapest
This June, we organised the first Fun Run community race, with almost 250 runners! We had those who ran, jogged, walked, even with strollers and dogs. We raised 389.500 forints for many different charities:Maccabi VAC, Israeli Cultural Institute, Bet Shalom, EMIH, Jewish Meeting Point, Bálint house, Manora, Jaffe, Misko Foundation. The Fun Run was met […]