Participation in the MWU Congress

The representatives of the Maccabi VAC Hungary and the organizers of the European Maccabi Games Budapest participated in the MWU Congress in Israel. The plenum sessions and the sport committee meetings focused on the upcoming Maccabiah Games that will be held this summer. It was a great opportunity for the Hungarian organizers to oversee the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Open discussion about the EMG2019

At the European Maccabi Congress in November 2015 Budapest won the right to organize the European Maccabi Games in 2019. Motivated by this life-changing opportunity, we held a round table discussion in February in the Balint Jewish Community Center where everybody interested in the EMG 2019 project was welcome. The discussion was led by Ivan Rózsa, the EMG […]

Open discussion about the EMG 2019 on 02.18

The organizers of the Maccabi European Games invite everyone for an open discussion about the Maccabi European Games. Location: Balint Jewish Community Center, 16 Revay Street, Budapest, 1065 Date: February 18, 2016 at 6:00 PM At the event, the president of the Maccabi VAC, Adam Jusztin, will recount the joyous moment in which Budapest was […]

European Maccabi Games in Budapest

  Budapest is hosting the 2019 European Maccabi Games, which is Europe’s largest Jewish sporting event, announced Motti Tichauer, manager to the European Maccabi Confederation. Many Olympic and world champions will participate in the games. The list of Hungarian names included those of Judit Polgar, all time champion, as well as Adam S. Kovacs, world […]

Fruhauf, the destined MTK player

  Coming from a real MTK family, the blue and white team became the Alfred Brull Academy sponsored fencer Benjamin Fruhauf’s second home. We interviewed him about everyday goals and successes. “Your father is quite popular in the MTK club. Do you think your direct journey to the Csomori street fencing club is thanks to […]

Attention Fencers!

 Calling all fencers who participated in the European Maccabi Games! The photographs of the matches are available on an online website on the following link: http://www.berliner-fechterbund.de/images/content/projekte/EMG2015/Mag/index.html# The Berlin Fencing Team will print their own collection on a 48 page, A4 sized booklet, which can be bought at 6 Euros plus shipping from Germany from the […]

EMG: The Hungarian team medalists

As previously written, the European Maccabi Games in Hungary on the national list ranking reached the eight place winning 19 medals. The Maccabi VAC once again thanks you all for your participation and fantastic performances of the athletes. We gladly publish the names of all medalists below. We are so very proud of you! Gold […]

EMG results – 5th Day

The players face a quite difficult day on Sunday  almost in spite of the fact that they successfully executed all matches. Athletes of Maccabi VAC obtained many medals during the day. Men’s triathlon: Bene Martin completed the race in 5 hours 41 minutes and 36 seconds, so he took the men’s triathlon gold medal.  Women’s […]

EMG results – 6th Day

Before the last the of EMG several medals were awaiting to be won by the Hungarian team. Hungary does not complain, just amassed various medals. Individual fencing, women’s: Garam Nora – bronze medal  Private, fencing, men’s: Martin Singer – Gold Medal Junior Futsal: Hungary Spain 5-3 Go Prix: Bodnar Robin Kadosa: 9th place Fencing: Benjamin […]

Maccabi VAC Hungary won 19 medals at EMG

Hungary was placed eighth on the medal table of nations that means during the European Maccabi Games out of 32 participating countries Hungary was the eighth who took the most medals. The Hungarian Team won a total of seven gold, eight silver and four bronze medals, so our country took 19 medals to occupy the […]

Informative Meeting about the European Maccabi Games

 As a part of our third informative session about the European Maccabi Games, we invited junior as well as adult athletes to participate in the worldwide Jewish competition, many of which, for their first time. The informative meeting was led by Adam Jusztin, the president of the Maccabi VAC, Vice President Andras Knopp, and the […]

At ATV and the Mazsihisz website: Maccabi Business forum and charity event

  The Maccabi Business Forum and charity event was greeted by a plethora of press. ATV conducted a report on the event, in which the European Maccabi Games were in the spotlight. It was no coincidence, as the host of Berlin is at once inspiring and thought-provoking, as it will be the host of the […]

Remembering the Holocaust: We, Jews, belong to Europe

  The Maccabi VAC wholeheartedly agrees with the statement of the European Maccabi Confederation which they gave on Holocaust remembrance day, quoted below: “Even 70 years after the Holocaust, we can still feel the rise of antisemitism in Europe. It is our responsibility to fight against the hate and racism directed towards Jews. We cannot […]

Success at the European Maccabi Games

The newly formed Maccabi VAC took part in its first international competition this June in Vienna, for the European Maccabi games.  The Maccabi VAC was represented by a Hungarian delegation of 45 people, athletes and coaches, in 7 different departments. The Hungarian team achieved 1 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze medal.  We are very […]