Gyorgy Szepesi, the legendary radio reporter and sports manager, once a basketball player for the VAC, stood for a speech about Jewish Hungarian sports legends at the Israeli Cultural Institute. Many managers and athletes participated in this event, including all time women’s champion Agnes Keleti and champion Gyorgy Gedo. The president of the VAC, [...]
Sensational relics were discovered with the help of Gyorgy Szasz at the VAC relic museum. Among the treasures, some are more than a century old. [ngg_images source="galleries" container_ids="72" display_type="photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails" override_thumbnail_settings="1" thumbnail_width="220" thumbnail_height="160" thumbnail_crop="1" images_per_page="0" number_of_columns="0" ajax_pagination="0" show_all_in_lightbox="0" use_imagebrowser_effect="0" show_slideshow_link="0" slideshow_link_text="[Show slideshow]" template="/var/www/clients/client2/web5/web/wp-content/themes/maccabi/nggallery/gallery.php" order_by="sortorder" order_direction="ASC" returns="included" maximum_entity_count="500"]
Maccabi VAC organized the first Maccabi Waterpolo Cup in 2014 in Europe which definitely means a milestone in the Jewish sport history. 4 waterpolo teams played with each other. Maccabi VAC won the Cup with the team that won bronze medal in the last Maccabiah. On behalf of the European Maccabi Confederation, Robert Cohen and [...]
This September opened the special new temporary exhibit featuring Hungarian Jewish athletes. The Maccabi VAC, as well as providing the objects, shared multiple pieces of vital information and stories about the pieces. We hope in the next few months, many can come visit and see the objects on display. Next year, we plan on [...]