{"product_id":"maccabiah-kerry-olitzky-9781681156958","title":"Maccabiah: The Long Ride to the International Sports Games","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn time for the 2025 Maccabiah Games, this picture book biography tells the origin story of the third-largest international sporting event and the unique problem-solving creator Yosef Yekutieli employed to make his dream possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1912, 15-year-old Yosef Yekutieli listened to radio broadcasts from the Stockholm Olympics and hatched an idea: an Olympic-style competition for Jewish athletes from around the globe in the brand-new city of Tel Aviv.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeople initially didn't take him seriously, but that wouldn't stop Yosef. For the next two decades, he worked to make this idea a reality. There was no stadium, pool, or running track anywhere in British Mandate Palestine. But Yosef wasn't deterred.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere was one big problem left: there was no easy way to tell athletes about the games!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe solution: Motorcycles. Riding thousands of miles, over mountains and through deserts, motorcycle brigades announced the games to the world Jewish community. In 1932, the Maccabiah Games were born.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kerry Olitzky, Deborah Bodin Cohen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1681156954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681156958\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Apples \u0026amp; Honey Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.70h x 9.10w x 0.50d","brand":"Kerry Olitzky","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46927886844159,"sku":"9781681156958","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_98a10a8d-296c-48fb-b091-50b4a5ffbf60.jpg?v=1749373276","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/maccabiah-kerry-olitzky-9781681156958","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}