By Southern Jewish Life
After a year and a half of preparation for the 2017 Maccabi Games in Birmingham, the games are set to begin.
About 900 Jewish teens from across the United States and around the world will be in Birmingham July 30 to August 4 to participate in the games, which are being held in Alabama for the first time.
The JCC Maccabi Games is part of the Jewish Community Centers Association, and three communities across North America host the games each summer. Thousands of Jewish teens from ages 13 to 16 participate each year in an Olympic-style sporting event. It is regarded as the second-largest organized sports program for Jewish teens in the world, and Birmingham is the second-smallest Jewish community to host the games since they were founded in Memphis in 1982.In addition to Birmingham, the 2017 Maccabi Games will be held the following week in the Albany, N.Y. area and at the Alper JCC in Miami.
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