Maccabi
Makkabi or Maccabi ( Hebrew ) was originally the nickname of a leader of the Jews in the fight against the Hellenistic empire of the Seleucids (the hammer-like) , see Judas Maccabeus .
The term is mostly found as a proper name of sports clubs and associations, including:
- Maccabi World Union , international umbrella organization
- Makkabi Germany eV, umbrella organization of various German-Jewish sports clubs
- Makabi in Czechoslovakia
- Makabi Warsaw , Jewish sports club from Warsaw
- TuS Makkabi Berlin
- TuS Makkabi Frankfurt 1965 eV
- Makkabi Brno , a former Jewish sports club from Brno
- Maccabi Bucharest , predecessor of the Dinamo Bucharest football club
- Makkabi Chernivtsi , Jewish football club from Chernivtsi
- Maccabi Haifa Football Club, Israeli football club from Haifa
- Maccabi Herzlia , Israeli football club from Herzlia
- TSV Maccabi Munich , German-Jewish sports club in Munich
- Maccabi Netanya FC, Israeli football club from Netanya
- Maccabi Petach Tikwa FC, Israeli football club from Petach Tikwa
- Maccabi Rishon LeZion , Israeli sports club from Rishon LeZion
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Maccabi Tel Aviv , Israel's largest sports club
- Maccabi Tel Aviv (basketball) , Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team
- Maccabi Tel Aviv (soccer) , Maccabi Tel Aviv football team
- SC Maccabi Vienna , Jewish sports club from Vienna
- Maccabi, former name of Tachles magazine
