"The first Maccabiah opens in Tel Aviv - an international Jewish Olympics in which Jewish sportsmen from 21 countries participate". (Mordecai Naor, Zionism. The First 120 Years. Timeline, Articles, Documents and Glossary. The Jewish Agency for Israel, The Zionist Library, 2002, p. 103).
Publications regarding the Maccabiah include documents, handbills and photographs that document the importance the Yishuv placed on the development of sports.