The Maccabiah Games are open to Jewish athletes from around the world, and to all Israeli citizens regardless of their religion. A total of 10,000 athletes are competing, a Maccabiah Games record, making the 2017 Maccabiah Games the third-largest sporting competition in the world (after the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup).
The athletes are from 85 countries, also a record. Countries represented for the first time include the Bahamas, Cambodia, the Cayman Islands, Haiti, Malta, Morocco, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Trinidad. The athletes are competing in 45 sports.
At the games, Canadian ice hockey team member Avi Steinberg was asked to come to the stage together with his girlfriend Rachel Dixon, who just completed her year and a half of studies for her conversion to Judaism.
Rachel thought they would only be reenacting their engagement, but the event planners surprised her with a surprise wedding on international television!
Mazal tov!
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and the parents were where????
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