Ofer Idels
Historian and Jenny Belzberg Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Calgary, author of Embodying the Revolution: The Hebrew Experience and the Globalization of Modern Sports in Interwar Palestine (Rutgers UP, 2025).
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Mar 4, 2026 • 44min
Ofer Idels, "Embodying the Revolution: The Hebrew Experience and the Globalization of Modern Sports in Interwar Palestine" (Rutgers UP, 2025)
Ofer Idels, historian and Jenny Belzberg Postdoctoral Fellow, explores Zionism's complicated relationship with sports in interwar Palestine. He contrasts gymnastics and modern competitive sports. He examines Hebrew sporting language, debates over the 1936 Olympics, the rise of pre-military and water sports, and the role of Maccabiah and everyday games like matkot.
