Makabi Warszawa, in English Makabi Warsaw, founded in 1915 in

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was a Polish sports club founded by the Jewish Gymnastic and Sports Association " Maccabi" in Warsaw. It was the largest multi-section

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sports club in the

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. Makabi Warszawa suspended its activities in 1939 after upon the

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during

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, as

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authorities banned all Jewish unions, associations, and sports clubs. It was reactivated in 2014.

History

1915-1940

The club was established in 1915. The name "

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" is derived from

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, one of the leaders of the

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of the Jewish

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against the

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.Grażyna Pawlak, Daniel Grinberg, Maciej Sadowski, ''Bądź silny i odważny''. Żydzi – Warszawa. Fundacja im. prof. Mojżesza Schorra, 2013, p. 29. . The goal of the Jewish Gymnastic and Sports Association " Maccabi", established in 1915, was to "rationally educate Jewish youth". Makabi Warszawa provided sports activities to

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s, organized excursions and sports camps, trained sports instructors, and attached great importance to tournaments organized on the occasions of

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s and Jewish games (the Maccabiah Games).Robert Gawkowski: ''Encyklopedia klubów sportowych Warszawy i jej najbliższych okolic w latach 1918–39''. Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 2007, p. 96. . Its members participated in 18 sports, and competed in Polish sports matches. In the years 1915–1922, Makabi Warszawa's headquarters was at ul. Długa 50, and from 1922 it was in the Simons Passage and had a gym and boxing halls there. It owned, among others playground with an athletics track on Aleja Zieleniecka in

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district and its own marina and bathing area on the

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. Beginning in 1925, the Makabi Warszawa football team had as one of its players

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, who in 1922 while a footballer of

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scored the first goal in the history of the

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. The Makabi Warszawa football team played, at its best, in the

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of the Polish national football league. In 1932, Makabi Warszawa had about 2,000 members. It was the largest multi-section

sports club in the

.The club was shut down in 1939 upon the

during

, as

authorities banned all Jewish unions, associations, and sports clubs.

2014-present

In 2014, Makabi Warszawa was reactivated.Beata Chomątowska. "Makabi – polskie flagi w Jerozolimie". ''Gazeta Stołeczna'', p. 8, 11 September 2017. It has five sections. Makabi Warszawa players took part in the

2017 Maccabiah Games The 2017 Maccabiah Games (), also referred to as the 20th Maccabiah Games (), were the 20th edition of the Maccabiah Games. They took place from 4 to 17 July 2017, in Israel. The Maccabiah Games are open to Jewish athletes from around the world ...

in Israel. There, they earned two

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s and one

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.Beata Chomątowska: "Makabi. Żydowski klub sportowy z Warszawy zdobywa laury w Izraelu". warszawa.wyborcza.pl, 13 September 2017.

History

1915-1940

2014-present

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