[Roydavid]

It is good the Maccabiah Games have hit this web page.

Here is the real story.

The Maccabiah games are held in Israel every 4 years. The last one was July 2001. The bridge collapsed 5 years ago. I know, because my son-in-law to be was on the bridge. Four Austrialian athletes died as a result. He reluctantly went to the 2001 games where he met my daughter. They will get married soon.

Between the International Maccabiah Games in Israel, there are Pan-American games. Next year they will be in Caracas Venezuela.

The organization that manages teams in about 20 sports, is MaccabiUSA. This organization recruits coaches, players and managers to go to the games.

The games you officiated at are the Maccabi JCC games. These are organized for high school age (up to 19) children by local Jewish Community Centers. They are held at several venues each year (this year I think there were 6 venues). There is a cordial but not a contractual link between the two sets of games.

I hope this adds clarification.

By the way, I am the manager of the Women's basketball team going to Venezuela. If you know of any good female basketball player, please let me know.

thanks

roy