Biography Yosef Yekutieli



yosef @ 1st maccabiah



in june 1929, @ world congress of maccabi in czechoslovakia, yekutieli announced proposal organize first maccabiah, maccabiada (hebrew: המכביאדה‎‎), in spring of 1932, held in mandatory palestine. road fulfilling vision long , difficult. 1932 maccabiah games opened on march 28, 1932 , held in maccabiah stadium, had been built games in northern part of tel aviv. around 400 athletes 22 nations participated in games, became recurring event every 4 years, except during world war ii , 1948 arab–israeli war.


the maccabiah flag, donation yosef , yehudit in memory of son amnon, squad commander in palmach killed during 1948 war @ foot of nabi yusha fort, first hoisted during 3rd maccabiah in ramat gan stadium in 1950.


later years

after formation of israel in 1948, yekutieli appointed senior official of government s abandoned property committee. yekutieli retired in 1966. in 1971, released first book, autobiography.


yosef married yehudit, daughter of akiva aryeh weiss, founder of ahuzat bayit. had 4 sons , 2 daughters. son, gideon yekutieli, professor of physics, first israeli nuclear physicist.








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