Maccabi Australia is a Jewish Australian sporting organisation. It is part of Maccabi World Union. Maccabi teams compete in many sports such as association football, Australian rules football, basketball, table tennis and more. Maccabi Australia is an affiliate of the Zionist Federation of Australia. An Australia-wide Jewish sporting organisation had formed by 1935 under the name the Australian Judean Sports Council. It was affiliated with the Maccabi World Union, and organised Australian Jewish Interstate Sports Carnivals. The council changed its name in 1960 to Australian Maccabi Council and became Maccabi Australia in 1991. Australian teams have attended the World Maccabiah Games since 1933. Four Australian athletes attending the 1997 Maccabiah Games died as a result of a bridge collapse during the opening ceremony. In 2014, Maccabi Australia committed to implementing member protection policies and procedures, particularly for children, as a result of the conviction for child sex offences of a coach employed by Maccabi Australia in the late 1990s. More information...
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