Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wasannin Maccabiah na farko da aka yi a 1932 da 1935 sun kasance hanya ce ta kawo yahudawa zuwa Isra'ila ba bisa ka'ida ba kuma don yin watsi da iyakantaccen ƙaura na yahudawa da hukumomin Burtaniya suka ba da izini a daidai wannan lokacin. Saboda wannan dalili ne, Maccabiah na biyu
aka yi wa lakabi da "Aliyah Olympics". Wasu sanannun wakilai zuwa 2nd Maccabiah gaba ɗaya sun zauna a ƙasar Isra'ila bayan wasannin. Mafi mahimmanci, tawagar Bulgaria da ta kawo Yahudawa 350, 'yan wasa, danginsu, da ƙungiyar makaɗa, waɗanda suka isa Jaffa Port, sun koma Sofia, Bulgaria babu komai, suna dawo da kayan aikinsu kawai. Yana daya daga cikin dalilan da hukumomin Burtaniya a lokacin suka ki yarda a gudanar da Maccabiah na 3 a cikin bazara na 1938. Al'adar yin Aliyah ta ci gaba a cikin shekarun 1950 tare da wasannin Maccabiah na 3 da na 4. A yau, yahudawa da suke son yin Aliyah zuwa Isra'ila sau da yawa suna yin hakan a lokacin Maccabiah.