Fifty thousand Israelis jammed into Ramath Gat Stadium today cheered as President Isaac Ben Zvi officially opened the Fifth World Maccabiah, the Jewish Olympic games. About 600 Jewish Athletes from 20 countries throughout the world paraded past the reviewing stand.
Leading off the parade was an honor guard around a torch brought from Model birthplace of the Maccabean revolt over 2,000 years ago from which the games take their name. Tel Aviv and Ramath Gan were decorated with banners and flags of many nations today in welcome to the Maccabiah athletes. All buses and many automobiles carried the Maccabiah emblem. There were receptions for athletes from abroad at various legations and embassies.
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