Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat receives on July 5, 2009 a T-shirt from Jason Lezak (L), US Olympic gold-medalist swimmer and Ron Carner, the General Chairman of Maccabi USA during a meeting in Jerusalem. The 18TH Jewish Maccabiah sports Games will be held from July 13th to July 28th in Israel. The Maccabiah Games are quadrennial Jewish Olympics, held in Israel the year following the Olympic Games. Every four years, the best Jewish athletes from throughout the world compete in Open, Masters, Juniors, and Disabled competitions. Getty Images logo Getty Images 35 months ago

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat receives on July 5, 2009 a T-shirt from Jason Lezak (L), US Olympic gold-medalist swimmer and Ron Carner, the General Chairman of Maccabi USA during a meeting in Jerusalem. The 18TH Jewish Maccabiah sports Games will be held from July 13th to July 28th in Israel. The Maccabiah Games are quadrennial Jewish Olympics, held in Israel the year following the Olympic Games. Every four years, the best Jewish athletes from throughout the world compete in Open, Masters, Juniors, and Disabled competitions.