The United States will send an 86-man squad to the fourth World Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv next September, the United States Committee for Sports in Israel has announced.
The Committee is also raising funds to send a squad of 12 non-Jewish Olympic champions to Israel to participate in an international sports exhibition and various events and to give Israeli sports fans an opportunity to see some of the world’s finest athletes in action.
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