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The Jewish community of Davie, Florida, recently honored captivity survivor Alon Ohel at the David Posnack Jewish Community Center, drawing 500 attendees for an evening of music and hope on April 29, 2026. Previously, the Maccabi Women’s Forum (MWF) expanded its global presence by officially launching the Budapest Women’s Forum on International Women’s Day, March 8, gathering over 70 participants in a renovated synagogue and connecting more than 150 women. Earlier in March, the movement's top leadership, including presidents, vice presidents, and heads of confederations, convened at Kfar Maccabiah for the inaugural MWU President’s Forum, a three-day strategic summit led by MWU President Michael Siegal and Chairman Amir Peled. In the previous week, the MWU's Department of Education promoted the "Argentina Loves Israel" seminar, bringing together more than 400 Evangelical pastors from across Argentina, alongside Jewish community leaders and Israeli officials, to express unity, support for the State of Israel, and a shared commitment to combating antisemitism. In January, the World Jewish Sports Museum in Kfar Maccabiah, in partnership with the Embassy of Poland in Israel, launched the new exhibition "Jewish Sports in Poland" on January 31, ahead of International Holocaust Memorial Day, highlighting a chapter of Jewish sports history between the two World Wars.