Clay Korpi '24 and Max Abene '26 of Colby's Men's Ice Hockey program were joined by Clara Lehv '24 of Colby's Squash program to represent USA in Israel at the 2022 World Maccabiah Games. Three Colby alumni, Josh Wolman '92 (tennis), Kenneth Kearns '01 (ice hockey), and Evan Kearns '04 (ice hockey) made the trip as well to compete in the master division.
The games and related worldwide competitions are becoming a Colby tradition. Jonathan Kalin '14 won a gold medal with the junior basketball team at the games in 2017, and Colin Hutzler '10 played for the men's soccer team at the Pan American Maccabi in Mexico City in 2019.
The games are hosted by the Maccabi World Union, a youth and sports organization that promotes Jewish identity and traditions through cultural, social, and educational activities. The first Maccabiah was in spring 1932 in Tel Aviv, followed by another in 1935. The rise of Nazism and World War II forced a 15-year hiatus. The games resumed in 1950 and generally have been held every four years since in the year following the Olympics.
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