Maccabi Games 2002

[Oz Referee]

I have heard of the Maccabiah Games, mainly because a friend of mine represented Australia at the last games. I'm suprised more people haven't heard of it given the large Jewish population of the USA, as well as the media coverage the last games got. For those that aren't aware, the last games were held in Israel, and a pedistrian foot-bridge collapsed with over 100 people on it. I can't remember the exact numbers but over a dozen people drowned or were crushed to death, and tens more were injured. This got huge coverage in the media here - I think in the end the builder, developer and deisgner of the bridge all got charged with manslaughter. The compensation battle has only recently ended.

As to the quality of the basketball - apparently it is pretty good - about the equivalent of a medium level NCAA game.