Maccabi Media Team Members
Israel (Summer 2026)
Maccabi USA is proud to announce the 18 members of its Maccabi Media team who will visit Israel in the summer of 2026 to cover the Maccabiah. The student group was assembled after a comprehensive nationwide search for aspiring sports media professionals eager to apply their skills in live game streaming, video production, sports reporting, writing, editing, social media, and interviewing.
Brian Barth
Jake Baum
Charlie Ben-Ami
Ezra Cohen
Matt Goodman
Giorgianna Heiko
Will Hopkins
Ethan Kerstine
Ethan Kopelman
Louis Leibowitz
Michael Liebermann
Josh Markowitz
Mimi Plaskow
Elliot Pototsky
Nathan Shriberg
Jeannie Szomstein
Ari Wohl
Sylvia Zeltzer
The following 7 Maccabi Media students were selected and trained extensively for the 2025 Maccabiah prior to its postponent but unfortunately can not join the team in Israel in 2026.
Elie Gelman
Joelle Kirsch
Logan Schiciano
Jack Stankey
Nili Schreibman
Aries Wickham
Jane Wineman
London, England (Summer 2024)
Maccabi USA is proud to announce the 8 members of its third Maccabi Media team which traveled to London in July 2024 to cover the European Maccabi Youth Games. The student group was assembled after a comprehensive nationwide search for aspiring sports media professionals eager to apply their skills in video production, sports reporting, writing, editing, social media, and interviewing.
Nate Bilgoray
Riley Chodoroff
Jeremy Goldman
Tyler Jacobson
Devyn Levin
Kayla Levine
Sam Prince
Josh Rajunov
Buenos Aires, Argentina (Winter 2023)
Please meet the 10 members of the second Maccabi Media team which traveled to Argentina in December 2023 to cover the 15th Pan American Maccabi Games. The student group was assembled after a comprehensive nationwide search for aspiring sports media professionals eager to apply their skills in play-by-play, color analysis, sideline reporting, videography, editing, social media, writing, and sports reporting.
Charlie Bendheim
Ethan Eibe
Charlie Goldberg
Danielle Hawkett
Aaron Hook
Sean Irby
Jonah Krell
Julia Levine
Logan Schiciano
Ari Wohl
Israel (Summer 2022)
Please meet the 14 members of Maccabi USA’s inaugural Maccabi Media Program. The student team was assembled after a comprehensive nationwide search for aspiring sports media professionals eager to apply their skills in play-by-play, color analysis, sideline reporting, videography, editing, social media, writing, and sports reporting during the 21st Maccabiah this summer in Israel. The program received more than 60 applications from current college students, recent college graduates, and high school students pursuing a career in sports media, journalism, or a related field.