Jewish Sports heroes at the IKI

  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, [...]

Exhibition: “To those who the bell rang for …”

"To Those who the bell rang for ..." is the title of an exhibition and commemoration of those Jewish sportsmen, who competed at the Berlin Olympics in 1936 in who competed and had success under the shadow of the swatiska. The exhibition will be open between 1st  -31th August 2015. Location: Hungary Berlin Embassy, Unter [...]

Jewish Athletes Exhibit

  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 [...]