2015 JCC Maccabi Games Opening Ceremonies

Video by SKYLVL Altitude Media http://www.skylvl.com Showing off the best Dallas, Texas​ has to offer to kick off the Dallas Maccabi 2015​ games on August 2nd, 2015. HUGE thanks to Dirk Nowitzki​, Troy Aikman​, Daryl Johnston​, Mitch Moreland​, Mike Modano​ & Brad Sham​ for being involved! The JCC Maccabi Games® are an Olympic-style sporting competition held each summer in North America and is the second largest organized sports program for Jewish teenagers in the world. The Maccabi Movement began in 1895 when the first all-Jewish sports club was formed in Constantinople. The first world Maccabiah Games were held in Israel in 1932. Now, this two week competition takes place every four years and has featured many world class Jewish athletes including: Mark Spitz (swimming), Mitch Gaylord (gymnastics), Ernie Grunfeld and Danny Schayes (basketball), Brad Gilbert and Dick Savitt (tennis). The first North American JCC Maccabi Games® were held in 1982 with 300 athletes. Due to overwhelming interest, Regional Games were added in 1985 to augment the even-year Continental Games. 1997 marked the first time that the Games were held simultaneously in six American cities with 4,400 participating athletes. Since their inception in 1982, the Games have grown from a small pilot project in one host community to an Olympic-style sporting competition held each summer in multiple sites throughout North America. Today, over 6,000 teens, ranging from 13 to 16 years of age, participate in the JCC Maccabi Games® each summer. The Games are co-sponsored by the Jewish Community Center Association of North America, Maccabi World Union, Maccabi Canada, and Maccabi USA/Sports for Israel. Learn more about the 2015 JCC Maccabi Games® that will take place in Dallas, Milwaukee, and Fort Lauderdale, or see who have hosted the Games in previous years. Video by SKYLVL Altitude Media Produced & Directed by W. Ross Cromartie Filming by W. Ross Cromartie, Payne Wingate, Jon Buchner Editorial by W. Ross Cromartie & Andy Green