By Lauren Kramer
After last summer’s Maccabiah games softball and baseball tournaments were delayed two days, a couple of Canadians are looking at the possibility of building a new sports facility in Israel.
Morrie Frydberg and Lorne Swartz would like to see a new, permanent facility in the Holy Land, to host the softball and hardball events [...]

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By Adam Michael Segal
 
The 18th Maccabiah was, without a doubt, an exceptional display of Jewish athleticism, friendly rivalry and solidarity.
 
Thousands of athletes from a remarkable 60 countries took part in the Jewish Olympics over the last two weeks, which featured a coterie of sports ranging from bowling to the triathlon.
Canada’s delegation of 425 athletes – [...]

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By Staff
Maccabiah 2009 will come to a close on Thursday night, and once the games are over Canada’s Israel will provide you with a full wrap-up of how our Canadians fared.
In the meantime, you can check out a daily newscast online of some of the daily highlights.  Here is the latest one that we could find:

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