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‘Jewish Olympics’ Will Be Held in Nazi-Built Stadium

When the Nazis built the iconic stadium for the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, they likely never thought that decades later, it would be the site of the largest Jewish sporting event in Europe. The European Maccabi Games, sometimes called “the Jewish Olympics,” will bring 2,000 Jewish athletes together for sporting events, from fencing to tennis.