{"product_id":"maccabiah-pamela-law-9781681156958","title":"Maccabiah","description":"In 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.\nIn 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.\nPeople 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.\nThere was one big problem left: there was no easy way to tell athletes about the games!\nThe 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.","brand":"Behrman House Inc.,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50744875516192,"sku":"9781681156958","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781681156958.jpg?v=1781383198","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/maccabiah-pamela-law-9781681156958","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}