Europe's largest Jewish sporting event is to be staged in Germany for the first time, bringing more than 2,000 athletes together from around the world to compete at a site constructed by the Nazis for the 1936 Olympics.
The decision to host the 14th European Maccabi Games in Berlin was a difficult one, organiser Alon Meyer said, but should be seen as a "signal of reconciliation" 70 years after the end of the Second World War. The games take place every four years and only Jewish athletes can compete in events.