To: Champion Sherza
Team: Australia
Sport: Junior Boys cricket
The Closing ceremony is soon to come
Hope you have loved being in Israel and had lots of fun
We miss you lots and love you more
We’ll be there to meet you when they open the plane door
Naomi Maisel, Caulfield, Australia

To: Steve Schloss
Team: USA
Sport: Triathlon
Good Luck, Captain Marvel!
Bring home some hardware.
Charles Wittman, Amityville, NY, USA

To: Judith Elfassy Navier
Team: Canada
Sport: Track & Field/Relay/Half Marathon
Judy,
We are very proud of you and your achievement. Now you know you can reach
the top and you have.
Way to go Jude, bravo!
All our love
Mom, Dad, Melanie and the entire Elfassy clan
Rachel/David Elfassy (Mom & Dad), Thornhill, Ontario

To: All Dutch Hockey Players
Team: Holland
Sport: Hockey
Your gold is so beautiful!!!
Bert Vromen, Amsterdam/ Ramat Hasharon

To: Adam Mayer
Team: USA
Sport: Rugby
MAZEL TOV! MAZEL TOV!
Congratulations to you and Team USA!
You’re taking home the Silver! We are so proud of you and this wonderful
accomplishment.
All our best.
Felicia Alvarez and Michael Schaffer, Saratoga, USA

To: All Dutch Hockey Players
Team: Holland
Sport: Hockey
Now you can go out of your roof and have some more Heinekens. You
all deserved it.
Goud van Oud says Goud he?!
Goud van Oud, Amsterdam/ Ramat Hasharon

To: Alex Kor
Team: United States
Sport: Tennis
Alex-
All of us at CORE wish you the best as you go for your third gold medal from
the Maccabian Games.
Good luck, we’re rooting for you! Tell us all about your experience when you
get back.
Deb, Dawn, Leslie, Sarah and all the volunteers at CORE!
Computer  C.O.R.E. staff, Alexandria, Virginia USA

To: chiche peter
Team: france
Sport: tennis
hello.
i hope you are the winner!!
enjoy your trip
good luck for the tournament
adeline
levy adeline

To: Leslie Berger
Team: USA Women’s Basketball
Sport: Basketball
GOLD!! Congratulations to you and your whole team. You all just
ROCK! Enjoy your trip and safe journey home. Hello to all of your travel
mates! Lora and everyone here!
UBC, Kansas City, MO, USA

To: Jacky Zachariah
Team: USA
Sport: Field Hockey
WELL DONE JACKY AND USA TEAM!!!!
Enjoy the rest of your stay
Karina

To: Ben Jaffe
Team: Australia
Sport: Hockey
Go Jaffe! You can do it son. All the boys here are cheering you
on, especially Marcus. Go the distance and never forget where you came
from. On ya son!
Joshua Balbin, Melbourne, Australia

To: Jeremy Nash
Team: USA
Sport: Rugby
Congratulations, Jeremy! I’m so proud of you and your team! Will
be thinking of you on Wednesday and wishing you all the Gold….denise
Denise Bennett, Seattle, WA USA

To: Tamara Sutton
Team: USA
Sport: Women’s Tennis
Dear Tamara:
We always knew you were a great tennis player, but now everyone else knows
it, too!!! May you have much success in the future in this sport that you
excel in, and may we be able to celebrate with you, whenever you play. GO
TAMARA!!!
Love, Rafi and Sylvia
Rafi and Sylvia Zeevi, New York, NY, USA

To: Levy-Chapira Maxime
Team: french
Sport: soccer
Hi Maxim, I wish you all the best for this beautiful event. Enjoy,
the game and enjoy this special event. Big kiss and see you soon. Delphine
and Chalom.
chalom and delphine, mulhouse

To: Eli and Bracha Katz
Team: South Africa
Sport: Table Tennis
We are proud of you !!!!
Well done guys!!!
Ari and Merle, Johannesburg

To: JUSTIN WULFAND
Sport: SOCCER
WE ARE PROUD OF YOU AND ALL THAT YOU HAVE SET OUT TO ACCOMPLISH!
ENJOY YOUR TIME IN ISRAEL, PLAY WELL, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY… HAVE FUN!
GOOD LUCK!
JFCS, TORONTO CANADA

To: Dave Weitzman
Team: USA
Sport: Masters Soccer (Mens)
DAVE- AND TEAMMATES-
CONGRATS ON A FANTASTIC WIN YESTERDAY!!!!
GO FOR THE GOLD !!! WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU ALL!
GOOD LUCK!
Lisa Weitzman, Bill Alford and Josh Noah and Sara Filzer, Eastlake, Ohio

To: PAT DEE
Team: GBR
Sport: GOLF
GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND ALL THE TEAM. PLAY WELL
BEST WISHES FROM ALL THE LADIES OF DUNHAM FOREST GC
PAM
PAM MARKS, UK

To: Jeremy Freedman
Team: Canada
Sport: Men’s golf
Congratulations for representing Canada. Best wishes at the games.
Benjamin Bensimon, Toronto, Canada

To: Wini Sherwin
Team: Australian Cricket
Sport: Junior cricket
With a medal on your belt how can that feel? You’ve all worked so
hard to make your Maccabiah dream real — Mazaltov to all of you!
Frank Schernvetter, Brighton, Australia

To: Jase Sherwin
Team: Australia
Sport: Cricket- Junior
What a fantastic time you are having in Israel — enjoy every minute
and be proud to be a Jew
Yvette Sherwin, Melbourne,Australia

To: PAM COONEY (14) + WOMENS OPEN SOCCER TEAM
Team: USA
Sport: OPEN WOMENS SOCCER TEAM
THIS EXPERIENCE WILL LAST YOU A LIFETIME. THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM
FOR THE GREAT MEMORIES.WIN OR LOSE YOU ARE CHAMPIONS. MISS YOU, SEE YOU SOON
LOVE DAD
STEVE COONEY, KATY,TEXAS USA

To: 17th Maccabiah
Team: All teams
Sport: All sports
"Seventeen‘ is the gematria of the word ’tov‘ or ’good". Wish
everyone good luck in the 17th Maccabiah!
Fangyu Liang, Cerritos, USA

To: David Michaelis
Team: USA
Sport: Mens Basketball
Your team is cheering you on! Hope you are having a great time, on
and off the court!
Christa and 8th grade select, Mercer Island USA

To: JENNA BRAND
Team: USA JUNIOR SOCCER (F)
Sport: JUNIOR SOCCER (F)
DEAR JENNA!!! BOTH MARILYN AND I ARE SO VERY PROUD OF YOU,AND WE
CONGRATULATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM,FOR STANDING OUT ABOVE AND BEYOND ALL
OTHERS,WE EXTEND OUR LOVE AND KISSES,AND LOOK FORWARD TO GREETING YOU BACK
HOME!!! SHALOM UBRACHA!!
FRED AND MARILYN BRAND, ALEXANDRIA,VA.USA

To: JD Sherwin
Team: Junior cricket/Australia
Sport: Junior cricket
What a great effort you have all made! We are so proud of you!
Adam Glichrist, East Brighton, Melb,Australia

To: Jeff Pennefather
Team: Canada
Sport: Men’s Waterpolo Coach
Dear Jeff and Team:
This is my third attempt to send a message, so maybe this one will be the
charm!
We are so proud of you!! Hope you bring home a medal, but it is the journey
not the destination…Good Luck and shalom to all of the athletes.
Love the Small, O’Connell and Pennefather families
Lauren Small, Montreal, Canada

To: Bob Grossman
Team: USA
Sport: Golf
Bobby, Congratulation on winning the Bronze medal in golf. Marty
Martin Ross, Novato, USA

To: Israel Field Hockey Team
Team:Israel
Sport: Field Hockey
This is your Coach speaking.... Come on Lads !!!! You`ve come a long way in just 3 months... now lets show the Israeli youth what the game is all about and it will be you lads who`ll get our sport up and running again in Israel ! Let`s give it all we`ve got... Good luck for the rest of the games.
Simon Jacobs, Israel

To: Sam Dayani
Team: GB
Sport: Rugby
Good luck and make sure you bring back the Gold!!!e
Jonathan Lewis, London

To: Yoni
Team: netherlands
Sport: field hockey
De Corneille family wenst jou en je team heel veel succes vandaag. Love, mamma
Chaja, Holland

To: Jeremy Nash
Team: USA
Sport: Rugby
Hey Jeremy, Thinking of you and wishing you all the best! denise
Denise Bennett, Seattle, US

To: Jason Sherwin
Team: Australia
Sport: Junior cricket
Keep up the great work, mate - Ozzi Ozzi Ozzi, Go Go Go!!!!
Kevin Sheedy, Surfers, Australia

To: David Sukiennik
Team: Australia
Sport: Basketball
Best of Luck to you and your Team hope you and Family have a great time in Israel, we miss you all very much. Fam. Winston & Sukiennik
William Winston, Sydney, Australia

To: Dutch hockey squads
Team: the Netherlands
Sport: Hockey
Royal Dutchman and Hellebell, clean sheets, please!!! That's the road to gold. Enne: Harrie neem goud mee terug en een lekker ding. Daar ben jij nog veel te jong voor, Kees Korvee. De 3 Meijers (Tam, Suki en HomeisfarawayDied): tandje erbij! Goud van Oud says:Good luck and best luck!
Goud van Oud, Ramat Hasharon/ Amsterdam

To: Shawna novak
Team: Canada
Sport: Triathalon
Mazel Tov to you and Speedy on a wonderful race and winning the Bronze on behalf of Canada!You are an inspiration!
Mom and Dad, Toronto, Canada

To: Canadian half-marathoners & triathletes
Team: Canada
Sport: Triathlon & Half-marathon
Great results from the Cdn triathletes hint of the strong runs to come in a few days by the half-marathoners. Have a good one everybody. You have all our support from near and far!
Gord Garshowitz & Gord Orlikow, Toronto, Canada

To: AMY RUBENSTEIN
Team: SOUTH AFRICA
Sport: JUNIOR NETBALL
ENJOY EVERY MINUTE IN YOUR BELOVED ISRAEL WITH YOUR WONDERFUL TEAM. STAND PROUD YOU ARE VERY PRIVILEGED TO BEABLE TO REPRESENT SOUTH AFRICA IN ERETZ ISRAEL LOVE YOUR BIGGEST FAN
shirleyr@glocapital.com, JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA

To: adam and carly bogatin
Team: australia
Sport: hockey
hey guys...hope all's well, Party hard, enjoy urselfs!! Make us proud! luv ur cousins
Sydney Pollaks!!!

To: Daniel Jonas
Team: Sweden
Sport: Head of Delegation
Hej Daniel, Jag nskar er all lycka och framg ng och hoppas att vistelsen blir till en of rgl mlig upplevelse
Jan Wronkow, Sweden

To: Freddy Feldman
Team: USA
Sport: baseball
Mesage text, Good luck!!!! Hope you are having a great time.
Jessica Ross, Boston, MA

To: Bernard Davidson
Team: british
Sport: bowles
Uncle Berish, Good luck do us proud
craig davidson, Jerusalem

To: All
Team: Israel
Sport: Field Hockey
This is your Coach speaking.... Come on Lads !!!! You`ve come a long way in just 3 months... now lets show the Israeli youth what the game is all about and it will be you lads who`ll get our sport up and running again in Israel ! Let`s give it all we`ve got... Good luck for the rest of the games.
Simon Jacobs, Israel

To: Brandon
Team: Australia
Sport: Journalist
I miss you so much and want you back soon. Hope you are getting lots of nice stories. Hudson and Roxy send love. All my love
Genelle, Australia

To: Wini Sherwin
Team: Australia
Sport: Junior cricket
You know how to win We're proud of you Let a new game begin You'll show them what to do Go wini!!!
Matthew Lloyd, Gold Coast, Australia

To: Salomon Sarfati
Team: Mexico
Sport: Volleyball
Estoty seguro estas disfrutando de cada momento, no sabes como desearia poder vivirlo de nuevo, suerte con lo que queda de competencia y aqui los espero cuando acabe. un abrazo enorme!!!!!!! viva mexico, viva israel!
Saby Levy, Barcelona

To: DENNISE BRICK
Team: AUSTRALIA
Sport: LAWN BOWLS
DOOD LUCK DENINSE BRING BACK A GOLS MEDAL
HYMIE AND JOAN ZAWATZKY, MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA

To: shawna novak
Team: canada
Sport: triatholon
honey your spirit , dedication along with your warmth and determination , makes you a winner before the race even began..! Good luck this morning.. and just enjoy.(drink water),, lov ya From: mom dad, matt david, pebbles
mom dad, matt david, pebbles, toronto, ontario, Canada

To: PAM COONEY (14) + WOMENS SOCCER TEAM
Team: USA
Sport: WOMENS OPEN SOCCER TEAM
THERE IS NO SHAME IN LOSING AS LONG AS YOU TRY. KEEP YOUR HEAD HIGH, AIM FOR THE SKY. YOU ARE WINNERS TO US AND FUTURE MACCABIAH PLAYERS. WE ARE PROUD OF YOU ALL. BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR UPCOMING GAMES. WE ARE WITH YOU 110%. LOVE DAD
STEVE COONEY, KATY,TEXAS USA

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