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Tsvi Nishri and Maccabi Tel Aviv
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Founded in 1906 as Rishon Lezion Yafo, the sports association changed its name to Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1910. Maccabi, the first Jewish sports association, was established in Istanbul in 1895 primarily…

Contributor:

Avraham Soskin, Tsvi Nishri

Places:

Ottoman Palestine (Israel, Israel)

Date:

1910

Subjects:

Sports, Portrait, Jewish identity, Adolescence, Health

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Photography
Group portrait of men dressed alike and wearing fezzes.
Jewish Gymnastics Newspaper
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A healthy mind lives in a healthy body!This old Latin adage never received proper attention among us Jews, although we do not doubt its truth. Accepted in theory, its thought did not…

Contributor:

Hermann Jalowicz

Places:

Berlin, Germany

Date:

1900

Subjects:

Sports, Health, Zionism, Jewish identity, Antisemitism

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Reportage, Advertisements
Who Is Vildman the Wrestler?
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Among the wrestlers competing in the current tournament in the Panorama [Building] on Karowa Street, fighting for the 1912 Polish Championship, is a Jew called Vildman.He has become quite famous, in…

Contributor:

Menachem Kipnis

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Sports, Writing, Leisure, Jewish identity, Community

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Journalism