Book about the Maccabiah

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]