Judisch Turnergruppe am VI Zionisten-Congress, Basel 1903. "Leshana Tova Tikatevu" postcard, with a photograph of a group of Jewish gymnasts at the Sixth Zionist Congress in Basel, 1903, published by 'Zion' - Vienna 1903.
At the Second Zionist Congress (August 1898) Max Nordau, Herzl's friend and his right-hand man, delivered a speech reviewing The state of Judaism in antisemitic Europe and in his speech referred, among other things, to the "physical education of the younger generation that will create for us again The lost muscle Judaism". This call by Nordau (which led to a congressional debate on the poor physical level of Eastern European Jews) was an accelerator in the establishment of Jewish national sports associations.
In 1903, as part of the Sixth Zionist Congress in Basel, the "Jewish Gymnastics Movement" - "Turnerschaft Judische" was established who in many ways imitated her colleague the "German Gymnastics Movement". Her name, the name of her magazine, the organizational structure, the training methods, the heated debate and the gymnastics and the competitive sport that took place among its members - all these were a reflection of the German movement. The "Jewish Gymnastics Movement" preceded and in fact created the "Maccabi" Eretz Israel founded in 1912 in Herzliya, as well as the global "Maccabi" founded in 1921.
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