The goal of the Maccabi VAC is to represent Hungary with a team of 100 athletes in the Maccabiah. Date: July 4-18 with flights to Israel from EL AL. Not breaking tradition, the 2017 Maccabiah Games will take place in all of Israel. The opening and closing ceremonies will be in Jerusalem. For the [...]
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 [...]
This year, the Maccabi Fencing and Athletic team successfully competed in the American School’s Jerusalem day open day. There were many games to choose from, including throwing, soccer, table tennis, and krav maga, where the children could win prizes. All 20 of the school’s children participated in the games. The event proved a success! The [...]
In the summer of 2017, the Maccabi VAC team will once again take part in the Maccabi World Games in Israel. So far, we’ve always achieved our very high goals, hopefully with no exception next year. We welcome all new ambitious athletes to join us, for youth, adult and masters categories at maccabiah2017@maccabi.hu. There [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Maccabi VAC celebrated Hanukkah this year with all its sports departments. The event was made memorable by multiple games and candle lighting. It brings us so much joy to see our teammates celebrating Hanukkah together. The children's teams received new equipment as a gift this year.
The Maccabi VAC, since 1906, has been an integral part in providing a fun, safe space, as well as many different kinds of sports for the Jewish youths of Hungary. The club's main goal is to help season Hungarian amateur and professional athletes. We join together the representation of Hungary with the Jewish athletes [...]
This February, we held a fundraising dinner to fund the opportunity for a Hungarian team to participate in the 19th annual Maccabi World Games. Since our theme was "Israel", we wanted everything from the food to the environment to feel authentic, so we chose the restaurant Hummus Bar to host our dinner. The dinner started [...]
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 [...]